Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition

Multimodal and Innovative Design

Oral

Brain Function & fMRI

Monday, 11 May 2026

Ballroom East

16:10 - 18:00

Moderators: Nathalie Just & Wenli Li

Session Number: 304-04

No CME/CE Credit

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This session groups abstracts that pair BOLD-based fMRI with other brain function techniques

Skill Level: Intermediate

16:10		304-04-001. Visual feedback incongruence modulates motor cortex activity: fMRI evidence for a finger-tapping illusion Aneurin Kennerley, Nikki Bonett, Oliver Mundell, Libby Henthorn, Elisa Zamboni Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, United Kingdom Impact: This study demonstrates that visual input can dynamically reshape sensorimotor representations, via a feedback-driven mechanism. Visually mediated modulations may underpin neuroplastic changes in conditions where distorted body representations contribute to altered sensory experience and motor control (e.g., phantom limb, osteoarthritis).
16:21		304-04-002. In-vivo Demonstrations of a Flexible Head Cap Enabling Multimodal and Posture Adaptable Neuroimaging Julian Maravilla, Omer Sharon, Shreya Ramachandran, Chunlei Liu, Ana Arias, Michael Lustig University of California, Berkeley, United States of America Impact: A flexible Head-Cap Array enables EEG-fMRI, TMS-fMRI, and adaptable MRI in natural postures and anatomically challenging subjects, overcoming the comfort and accessibility barriers of rigid coils to advance inclusive, patient-centered, and multimodal neuroimaging.
16:32		304-04-003. Going wearable in simultaneous EEG-fMRI at 7T: 8TxRx dipole antenna combined with a 10Rx-only twisted-pair coil array Elizaveta Shegurova, Andreas Lu, Leen Bou Khaled, Thanh Phong Lê, Jules Vliem, Katarzyna Pierzchala, Emilie Sleight, Jonathan Wirsich, Frédéric Grouiller, Irena Zivkovic, Dimitri Van De Ville, Dimitrios Karampinos, Daniel Wenz CIBM Center for Biomedical Imaging, Lausanne, Switzerland Impact: This work establishes the feasibility of combining flexible TP receive arrays with transceive dipole antennas in the presence of an EEG cap, demonstrating potential for future wearable multimodal neuroimaging at 7T.
16:43		304-04-004. Simultaneous fMRI and Optical Imaging Reveal a Broadband Cortical Neuronal Fingerprint from Theta to Infraslow Frequencies Wen-Ju Pan, Lauren Daley, Lisa Meyer-Baese, Dieter Jaeger, Shella Keilholz Emory/Georgia Tech, Atlanta, United States of America Impact: We directly validate fMRI functional connectivity as a true representation of cortical neuronal synchronization. Simultaneous fMRI and optical imaging reveal that resting-state FC reflects broadband slow-frequency neuronal coupling, spanning theta to infraslow rhythms.
16:54		304-04-005. Validation of Neural-Activity-Related Sodium (NARS) fMRI Using Simultaneous Glutamate Fiber Photometry at 14 Tesla Xin Yu, Xiaochen Liu, Yuanyuan Jiang, Grace YU, Nivetha Pasupathy, David Hike, Xiaoqing Zhou Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States of America Impact: We establish direct neuronal correlation of NARS-fMRI using simultaneous glutamate signals, analogous to local field potentials. This provides a foundation for translating sodium-based fMRI to human functional mapping and enables mechanistic investigation of quadrupolar relaxation dynamics using living cerebral organoids.
17:05		304-04-006. Interleaved fMRS/fMRI of the somatosensory cortex at 7T Claire Lucas, Susan Francis, Adam Berrington University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom Impact: We demonstrate that interleaved fMRS/fMRI can be applied to the somatosensory system to study glutamate changes during stimulation, with increases greatest at stimulus onset. This allows direct comparison of metabolic and haemodynamic responses.
17:16		304-04-007. Cross-species fMRI signature of Locus Coeruleus-driven brain state transitions Francesca Barcellini, Georgios Foustoukos, Daniel Wenz, Brandon Munn, James Shine, Laura Fernandez, Anita Luthi, Valerio Zerbi Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland Impact: We describe a conserved fMRI signature of locus coeruleus activation across rodents and humans. This neuromodulatory signature provides a cross-species biomarker of arousal dynamics and a path toward individualized mapping of internal brain-state transitions via resting-state fMRI.
17:27		304-04-008. Zona Incerta Neural Activity Regulates Sensorimotor Cortical-Subcortical Network Dynamics through Hypothalamus and Striatum Junjian Wen, Linshan Xie, Ed X Wu, Alex T. L. Leong The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China Impact: This study reveals how the zona incerta regulates large-scale sensorimotor cortical and subcortical network dynamics, providing a mechanistic framework for its integrative role in sensory and motor processing. These insights will prompt future investigations into ZI-targeted interventions for sensorimotor dysfunctions.
17:38		304-04-009. Assessing the Effects of Caffeine on Brain Connectivity Using DASL and BOLD fMRI Yakun Zhang, Shichun Chen, Jinnat Mahmood, Darcy Miller, Jodi Weinstein, Xiang He, Weiying Dai The State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, United States of America Impact: Dynamic arterial spin labeling (DASL) may detect resting state functional connectivity (rsFC) with the hippocampus and other ventral brain regions more robustly than BOLD fMRI. Replication and validation are needed to confirm that DASL-derived rsFC accurately reflects brain function.
17:49		304-04-010. Quantifying Arousal-Driven Variability in fMRI Using Eye Closure Metrics and Connectivity Analyses Elif Can, Kadir Berat YILDIRIM, Kübra Eren, Cem Karakuzu, Belal TAVASHI, Lina Mahmoud Saleh Alqam, Şirin Yağmur Abacı, Sinem Aytaç, Fatmatüzzehra Uçal, Alp Dinçer, Pinar Özbay Boğaziçi University Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Istanbul, Turkey Impact: We address a limitation in rsfMRI: the lack of arousal monitoring and the confounding arousal contributions to the BOLD signal. This study enhances the reliability and utility of fMRI for clinical and neuroscience applications.