RECOMMENDED LITERATURE AND WEBPAGES

(In the course were used materials from the websites and publications listed below)

Optical Imaging (equipment, papers, manuals)

Introduction to fMRI (brief description of the fMRI)

The Basics of MRI (full description of the physical, mathematical and biological aspects of fMRI)

Voltage-Sensitive Dye Imaging (description of the main voltage-sensitive dyes and a lot of useful information)

Human Brain Anatomy Anatomical structure of the human brain

Some recommended papers:

In Vivo optical Imaging of Cortical Architecture and Dynamics. Grinvald et al., 2001 (Full textbook of optical imaging)

Use of voltage-sensitive dyes and optical recordings in the central nervous system. Ebner and Chen, 1995 (Good, but slightly old description of the voltage-sensitive dyes)

Imaging High-Resolution Structure of GFP-Expressing Neurons in Neocortex In Vivo. Chen et al, 2000 (2-Photons In Vivo Optical Imaging)

Cross-Polarized Reflected Light Measurement of Fast Intrinsic Optical Responses Associated with Neural Activation. Yao et al, 2005 (Fast Intrinsic Optical Imaging)

Dynamic multichannel near-infrared optical imaging. Hoshi and Tamura, 1993. (main idea of the human near-infrared optical imaging)

In Vivo Intrinsic Optical Signal Imaging of Neocortical Epilepsy. Bahar et al, 2005 (In vivo optical imaging of intrinsic signal, visualization of epileptic seizure)

A new planar multielectrode array: recording from a rat auditory cortex. Tsytsarev et al, 2006 (visualization of brain activity by multielectrode array in vivo)

Fast cerebral functional signal in the 100-ms range detected in the visual cortex by frequency-domain nearinfrared spectrophotometry. Wolf et al, 2003. (Human transcranial fast intrinsic optical imaging)

Sound frequency representation in cat auditory cortex. Tsytsarev et al, 2004 (Intrinsic optical imaging of auditory cortex in vivo)

Functional Organization of Human Intraparietal and Frontal Cortex for Attending, Looking, and Pointing.

Astafiev et al, 2003 (research of the mechanism of attention, human fMRI)

Extrastriate body area in human occipital cortex response to the performance of motor actions. Astafiev et al, 2004 (research of the mechanism of perception, human fMRI)

Visualization-Based Mapping of Language Function in the Brain Modayur et al, 1997. Optical imaging of the open human brain

An Optimization Approach to Signal Extraction from Noisy Multivariate Data Yokoo et al, 2001 Analysis of the optical imaging data

Odor-evoked calcium signals in dendrites of rat mitral cells. Charpak et al, 2000 In vivo optical imaging with Calcium sensitive dye

Synthesis, spectra, delivery and potentiometric responses of new styryl dyes with extended spectral ranges. Wuskell et al, 2006 Description of many fluorescents probes for in vivo and in vitro research

Long-Term Voltage-Sensitive Dye Imaging Reveals Cortical Dynamics in Behaving Monkeys. Slovin et al, 2001. Using of voltage-sensitive dye for chronicle experiments

Optical Imaging of Intrinsic Signals with Blue Light. Cimponeriu and Kaplan, 2001 Optical imaging of intrinsic signal in vivo using blue light (about 400 nm)

Enhanced macromolecular diffusion in brain extracellular space in mouse models of vasogenic edema measured by cortical surface photobleaching. Papadopoulos et al, 2005 Biopsysical aspects of the intrinsic optical imaging

Evidence that cerebral blood volume can provide brain activation maps with better spatial resolution than deoxygenated hemoglobin Culvera et al, 2005 Transcranial human optical imaging

Use of a Simplified Method of Optical Recording to Identify Foci of Maximal Neuron Activity in the Somatosensory Cortex of White Rats. Inyushin, 2001 Some easy methods of in vivo intrinsic optical imaging