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Blood-oxygenation-level–dependent imaging, or BOLD-contrast imaging, is a method used in functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to observe different areas of the brain or other organs, which are found to be active at any given time.[1][2] Neurons do not have internal reserves of energy in the form of sugar and oxygen, so their firing causes a need for more energy to be brought in quickly. Through a process called the haemodynamic response, blood releases oxygen to active neurons at a greater rate than to inactive neurons. This causes a change of the relative levels of oxyhemoglobin and deoxyhemoglobin (oxygenated or deoxygenated blood) that can be detected on the basis of their differential magnetic susceptibility. In 1990, three papers published by Seiji Ogawa and colleagues showed that hemoglobin has different magnetic properties in its oxygenated and deoxygenated forms (deoxygenated hemoglobin is paramagnetic and oxygenated hemoglobin is diamagnetic), both of which could be de

Blood-oxygenation-level–dependent imaging - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Type of magnetic resonance imaging An fMRI depiction of activated brain areas (BOLD) during an index finger-tapping sequence. Blood-oxygenation-level–dependent imaging , or BOLD-contrast imaging , is a method used in functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to observe the Blood-oxygenation-level in different areas of the brain or other organs, which are found to be active at any given time. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Theory [ edit ] Neurons do not have internal reserves of energy in the form of sug

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