Nature Communications (Feb 2023)

Intrinsic macroscale oscillatory modes driving long range functional connectivity in female rat brains detected by ultrafast fMRI

  • Joana Cabral,
  • Francisca F. Fernandes,
  • Noam Shemesh

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36025-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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The mechanisms which generate fMRI signal correlations across the brain are not fully understood. Here, the authors record ultrafast fMRI signals in anesthetized female rats to demonstrate intrinsic macroscale oscillatory modes which drive correlated activity between distant regions.