Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
462-03-006 ISMRM Abstract

Caffeine Shifts Brain-Body Coupling Dynamics During Mental Effort: A Multimodal EEG-fMRI Study

Primary: Brain Function and fMRI - Task/Intervention Based fMRI
Secondary: Analysis Methods - Data Processing
462-03-006 · Heart and Brain Axis · Tuesday, 12 May, 1:40 PM–2:35 PM · Digital Posters Row C
Keywords: fMRI (task based) EEG-fMRI General linear model Brain dynamics Caffeine
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Lina Mahmoud Saleh Alqam1, Cem Karakuzu1, Kübra Eren1, Kadir Berat YILDIRIM2, Belal TAVASHI1, Elif Can1, Fatmatüzzehra Uçal1, Alp Dinçer3, Pinar S Özbay 1
1Boğaziçi University Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Istanbul, Turkey
2Imaging Physics, TU Delft, Delft, Netherlands
3Department of Radiology, Acibadem University, Istanbul, Turkey
Presenting Author: Pinar S Özbay

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