Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
461-06-004 ISMRM Abstract

Functional PET-MRI reveals flow-metabolism uncoupling and altered aerobic glycolysis in default network during working memory

Primary: Brain Function and fMRI - Task/Intervention Based fMRI
Secondary: Contrast Mechanisms - Multi-Contrast
461-06-004 · Multimodal Acquisitions for Brain Function Studies · Tuesday, 12 May, 4:55 PM–5:50 PM · Digital Posters Row B
Keywords: fMRI (task based) PET/MR Cerebral metabolic rate of oxygen Cerebral blood flow Cerebral energy metabolism
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Shirley Feng 1, Sean Coursey1, Meher R Juttukonda1, Jennifer W Evans2, Avery Berman3,4, Kyle Droppa1, Jonathan R Polimeni5, Bruce Rosen1,6,7, Ovidiu C Andronesi1,6, Jingyuan E Chen1,6
1Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, United States of America
2Experimental Therapeutics and Pathophysiology Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, United States of America
3University of Ottawa Institute of Mental Health Research at The Royal, Ottawa, Canada
4Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
5Stanford Medicine, Stanford, United States of America
6Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States of America
7Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology, Cambridge, United States of America
Presenting Author: Shirley Feng

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