Translating the hemodynamic response: why focused interdisciplinary integration should matter for the future of the functional neuroimaging
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- Subject Areas
- Biophysics, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Neuroscience
- Keywords
- cerebrovascular regulation, healthcare, hemodynamic response, neuroscience, brain, computational modelling, functional near-infrared spectroscopy, neurovascular coupling, functional magnetic resonance imaging
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- © 2019 Cinciute
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- This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, reproduction and adaptation in any medium and for any purpose provided that it is properly attributed. For attribution, the original author(s), title, publication source (PeerJ Preprints) and either DOI or URL of the article must be cited.
- Cite this article
- 2019. Translating the hemodynamic response: why focused interdisciplinary integration should matter for the future of the functional neuroimaging. PeerJ Preprints 7:e27468v1 https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.27468v1
Abstract
The amount of information acquired with functional neuroimaging techniques, particularly fNIRS and fMRI, is rapidly growing and has enormous potential studying human brain functioning. As follows, many scientists focus on solving computational neuroimaging and Big Data issues to advance the discipline. However, the main obstacle - the accurate translation of the hemodynamic response (HR), by the investigation of a physiological phenomenon called neurovascular coupling (NVC),- is still not fully overcome and more importantly often overlooked in this context. This article provides a brief and critical overview of significant findings from cellular biology and in vivo brain physiology with a focus on advancing existing HR modelling paradigms. A brief historical timeline of these disciplines of neuroscience is presented for readers to grasp the concept better, and some possible solutions for further scientific discussion are provided.
Author Comment
This is a submission to PeerJ for review.