Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
366-01-015 ISMRM Abstract

The importance of accounting for hormonal fluctuations in neurofluid imaging: BOLD-CSF coupling relates to estradiol levels

Primary: Neuro - Neurofluids
Secondary: Brain Function and fMRI - Task/Intervention Based fMRI
366-01-015 · Cerebral Small Vessel Disease: Imaging Biomarkers, Pathophysiology, and Clinical Impact · Monday, 11 May, 8:20 AM–9:15 AM · Digital Posters Row G
Keywords: Neurofluids Cerebrospinal fluid Functional magnetic resonance imaging Womens health Estradiol
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Merel M van der Thiel 1,2,3, Noa van der Knaap1,2,4, Brendan Williams5,6, Joana Pinto7, Laura D Lewis3,8,9
1Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, Netherlands
2Mental Health and Neuroscience Research Institute, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands
3Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, United States of America
4Department of Intensive Care, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, Netherlands
5Centre for Integrative Neuroscience and Neurodynamics, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom
6School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom
7Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
8Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
9Department of Radiology, Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, United States of America
Presenting Author: Merel M van der Thiel

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