Brain Mapping Research Developments

Book Description:

Brain mapping is a set of neuroscience techniques predicated on the mapping of (biological) quantities or properties onto spatial representations of the (human or non-human) brain resulting in maps. All neuroimaging can be considered part of brain mapping. Brain mapping can be conceived as a higher form of neuroimaging, producing brain images supplemented by the result of additional (imaging or non-imaging) data processing or analysis, such as maps projecting (measures of) behaviour onto brain regions (see fMRI). Brain Mapping techniques are constantly evolving, and rely on the development and refinement of image acquisition, representation, analysis, visualization and interpretation techniques. Functional and structural neuroimaging are at the core of the mapping aspect of Brain Mapping. This book presents the latest research in the field.

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Expert Commentary - Neural Activation Due to Olfactory Stimulation Measured by Near Infrared Spectroscopy; pp. 1-9
  (Hiroaki Shoji, Noriko Sato, Hisaki Ozaki, Laboratory of Physiology, Faculty of Education, Ibaraki Univ., Mito, Japan)
• Research and Review Studies
• Chapter I - Mapping the Auditory Brain using Magnetoencephalography (MEG); pp. 13-42
  (Christopher J. Brignell, Deborah A. Hall, MRC Institute of Hearing Research, Nottingham, UK, Caroline Witton, School of Life and Health Sciences, Aston Univ., Birmingham, UK)
• Chapter II - Cortical Organization of Cat Licking Fine Tongue Movements During Cat Licking Executed by Bilateral Cortical Control; pp. 43-71
  (Hisao Hiraba, Koichiro Ueda, Dept. of Dysphasia Rehabilitation, Division of Functional Morphology, Dental Research Center, Takako Sato, Dept. of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Nihon Univ., School of Dentistry, Tokyo, Japan)
• Chapter III - Role of the Corpus Callosum in the Interhemispheric Transfer of Somatosensory Information: An fMRI Study; pp. 73-100
  (Mara Fabri, Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Sezione di Fisiologia, Gabriele Polonara, Istituto di Radiologia, Facolta di Medicina, Universita Politecnica Delle Marche, Torrette, Italy)
• Chapter IV - Laboratory Memory Tasks and Autobiographical Recollection: Cognitive and Neurofunctional Evidence for Differential Forms of Episodic Memory; pp. 101-127
  (Martina Piefke, Physiological Psychology, Dept. of Psychology and Sports Sciences, Univ. of Bielefeld, Germany)
• Chapter V - Real-Time Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Its Applications; pp. 129-153
  (Shaolin Yang, Thomas J. Ross, Yihong Yang, Neuroimaging Research Branch, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Baltimore, MD, USA)
• Chapter VI - Brain Functional Asymmetry Based on Brain BOLD Signal Dynamic Model; pp. 155-176
  (Huafu Chen, Dezhong Yao, School of Life Science and Technology, Univ. of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China)
• Chapter VII - Multi-Parametric Mapping of Gliomas: Demonstration of Segmentation Strategies; pp. 177-196
  (Kathryn M McMillan, Ron Price, Dept. of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA)
• Chapter VIII - The Emotional S1-S2 Paradigm for Exploring Brain Mechanisms Underlying Affective Modulation of Expectancy; pp. 197-209
  (Francisco Mercado, Facultad de Ciencias de Salud, Univ. Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain, Jose Antonio Hinojosa, Instituto Pluridisciplinar, Univ. Complutense de Madrid, Spain, Cecilia Penacoba, Facultad de Psicologia, Univ. Autonoma de Madrid, Spain)
• Chapter IX - Brain Electric Source Imaging by an Iterative Correlation Matrix Based Multiple Signal Classification Approach; pp. 211-230
  (Dezhong Yao, Center of Neuroinformatics, School of Life Science and Technology, Univ. of Electronic Science and Technology of China, PR China)
• Index