Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
406-01-008 ISMRM Abstract

Ongoing slow oscillation shapes long-range neural activity propagation upon a single thalamic input

Primary: Brain Function and fMRI - fMRI & Neuromodulation
Secondary: Brain Function and fMRI - fMRI Analysis
406-01-008 · fMRI: Acquisition and Preprocessing · Tuesday, 12 May, 8:20 AM–10:10 AM · Auditorium 2
Keywords: Neuroscience fMRI Analysis Multimodal neuroimaging EEG-fMRI
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Linshan Xie 1,2, Yankai Zhang1,2, Junjian Wen1,2, Alex T. L. Leong1,2, Ed X Wu1,2
1Laboratory of Biomedical Imaging and Signal Processing, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
2Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Presenting Author: Linshan Xie

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