ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Neurosci.

Sec. Brain Imaging Methods

Volume 19 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fnins.2025.1568222

Functional connectivity of thalamic nuclei during sensorimotor task-based fMRI at 9.4 Tesla

Provisionally accepted
Edyta CharyaszEdyta Charyasz1,2*Michael ErbMichael Erb1,3Jonas BauseJonas Bause1Rahel HeuleRahel Heule1,4Benjamin BenderBenjamin Bender5Vinod KumarVinod Kumar1Wolfgang GroddWolfgang Grodd1Klaus SchefflerKlaus Scheffler1,3
  • 1Department for High Field Magnetic Resonance, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tübingen, Germany
  • 2Graduate Training Centre of Neuroscience, International Max Planck Research School, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
  • 3Department of Biomedical Magnetic Resonance, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
  • 4Center for MR Research, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
  • 5Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Tübingen University Hospital, Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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BOLD blood-oxygen-level-dependent CM centromedian Cun cuneus EPI echo planar imaging FA flip angle fMRI functional magnetic resonance imaging FOV field of view FWHM full width at half maximum GLM general linear model HRF hemodynamic response function INS insula IPL inferior parietal lobule LD lateral dorsal LGN lateral geniculate LING lingual gyrus LP lateral posterior MDl lateral subdivision of mediodorsal thalamus MDm medial subdivision of mediodorsal thalamus MGN medial geniculate MPRAGE magnetization-prepared rapid acquisition gradient echo

Keywords: fMRI, Thalamus, ultra-high field fMRI, high-resolution imaging, Thalamic Nuclei, sensorimotor, tactile, motor

Received: 29 Jan 2025; Accepted: 21 Apr 2025.

Copyright: © 2025 Charyasz, Erb, Bause, Heule, Bender, Kumar, Grodd and Scheffler. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

* Correspondence: Edyta Charyasz, Department for High Field Magnetic Resonance, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tübingen, Germany

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