Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition • 09-14 May 2026

Weekday Course

From Neuronal Activation to BOLD Fluctuations

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From Neuronal Activation to BOLD Fluctuations
Weekday Course
Neuro
Thursday, 14 May 2026
Ballroom East
16:00 - 17:50
Moderators: Antonia Kaiser
No CME/CE Credit
This course teaches how neuroimaging and functional MRI can be used in the context of consumption. It is broken into two parts. In each part, intermediate lectures on useful MRI acquisitions are followed by more advanced lectures about consumption of normal and mind-altering substances on the brain. Part II focuses on consumption of alcohol and psylocibin.
Skill Level: Basic,Advanced

16:00 Neurovascular Coupling
César Caballero-Gaudes
Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language, San Sebastian - Donostia, Spain
16:30 - 16:35 — Discussion
16:35   Resting-State fMRI & Functional Connectivity
Speaker TBA
17:05 - 17:10 — Discussion
17:10 Measuring oxygen metabolism across the brain with calibrated BOLD fMRI
Avery Berman
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, United States of America
17:40 - 17:45 — Discussion

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