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ICNIRP statement on diagnostic devices using non-ionizing radiation: existing regulations and potential health risks (2017)
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Green, A., Coggon, D., Sèze, R. D., Gowland, P. A., Marino, C., Peralta, A., …Watanabe, S. (2017). ICNIRP statement on diagnostic devices using non-ionizing radiation: existing regulations and potential health risks. Health Physics, 112(3), https://doi.org/10.1097/HP.0000000000000654

Use of non-ionizing radiation (NIR) for diagnostic purposes allows non-invasive assessment of the structure and function of the human body, and is widely employed in medical care. ICNIRP has published previous statements about the protection of patie... Read More about ICNIRP statement on diagnostic devices using non-ionizing radiation: existing regulations and potential health risks.

Abnormal task driven neural oscillations in multiple sclerosis: a visuomotor MEG study (2017)
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Barratt, E. L., Tewarie, P. K., Clarke, M. A., Hall, E. L., Gowland, P. A., Morris, P. G., …Brookes, M. J. (2017). Abnormal task driven neural oscillations in multiple sclerosis: a visuomotor MEG study. Human Brain Mapping, 38(5), 2441-2453. https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.23531

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a debilitating disease commonly attributed to degradation of white matter myelin. Symptoms include fatigue, as well as problems associated with vision and movement. Although areas of demyelination in white matter are observ... Read More about Abnormal task driven neural oscillations in multiple sclerosis: a visuomotor MEG study.

Relationships between cortical myeloarchitecture and electrophysiological networks (2016)
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Hunt, B. A. E., Tewarie, P. K., Mougin, O. E., Geades, N., Jones, D. K., Singh, K. D., …Brookes, M. J. (2016). Relationships between cortical myeloarchitecture and electrophysiological networks. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113(47), 13510-13515. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1608587113

The human brain relies upon the dynamic formation and dissolution of a hierarchy of functional networks to support ongoing cognition. However, how functional connectivities underlying such networks are supported by cortical microstructure remains poo... Read More about Relationships between cortical myeloarchitecture and electrophysiological networks.

Quantitative analysis of the z-spectrum using a numerically simulated look-up table: application to the healthy human brain at 7T (2016)
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Geades, N., Hunt, B. A. E., Shah, S. M., Peters, A., Mougin, O. E., & Gowland, P. A. (2017). Quantitative analysis of the z-spectrum using a numerically simulated look-up table: application to the healthy human brain at 7T. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 78(2), 645-655. https://doi.org/10.1002/mrm.26459

Purpose: To develop a method that fits a multipool model to z-spectra acquired from non–steady state sequences, taking into account the effects of variations in T1 or B1 amplitude and the results estimating the parameters for a four-pool model to des... Read More about Quantitative analysis of the z-spectrum using a numerically simulated look-up table: application to the healthy human brain at 7T.

Colon hypersensitivity to distension, rather than excessive gas production, produces carbohydrate-related symptoms in individuals with irritable bowel syndrome (2016)
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Major, G., Pritchard, S. E., Murray, K., Alappadan, J. P., Hoad, C., Marciani, L., Gowland, P. A., & Spiller, R. C. (2017). Colon hypersensitivity to distension, rather than excessive gas production, produces carbohydrate-related symptoms in individuals with irritable bowel syndrome. Gastroenterology, 152(1), 124-133.e2. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.gastro.2016.09.062

Background & Aims: Poorly digested, fermentable carbohydrates may induce symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), via unclear mechanisms. We performed a randomized trial with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) analysis to investigate correlations be... Read More about Colon hypersensitivity to distension, rather than excessive gas production, produces carbohydrate-related symptoms in individuals with irritable bowel syndrome.

Histological basis of laminar MRI patterns in high resolution images of fixed human auditory cortex (2016)
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Wallace, M. N., Cronin, M. J., Bowtell, R. W., Scott, I., Palmer, A. R., & Gowland, P. A. (2016). Histological basis of laminar MRI patterns in high resolution images of fixed human auditory cortex. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 10, Article 455. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2016.00455

Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies of the auditory region of the temporal lobe would benefit from the availability of image contrast that allowed direct identification of the primary auditory cortex, as this region cannot be accurat... Read More about Histological basis of laminar MRI patterns in high resolution images of fixed human auditory cortex.

Field strength dependence of grey matter R2* on venous oxygenation (2016)
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Croal, P. L., Driver, I. D., Francis, S. T., & Gowland, P. A. (2017). Field strength dependence of grey matter R2* on venous oxygenation. NeuroImage, 146, 327-332. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2016.10.004

The relationship between venous blood oxygenation and change in transverse relaxation rate (ΔR2 *) plays a key role in calibrated BOLD fMRI. This relationship, defined by the parameter β, has previously been determined using theoretical simulations a... Read More about Field strength dependence of grey matter R2* on venous oxygenation.

Increased liver fat and glycogen stores after consumption of high versus low glycaemic index food: a randomized crossover study (2016)
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Bawden, S., Stephenson, M., Falcone, Y., Lingaya, M., Ciampi, E., Hunter, K., …Aithal, G. P. (2017). Increased liver fat and glycogen stores after consumption of high versus low glycaemic index food: a randomized crossover study. Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, 19(1), 70-77. https://doi.org/10.1111/dom.12784

Aim: To investigate the acute and longer-term effects of low (LGI) versus high glycaemic index (HGI) diets on hepatic fat and glycogen accumulation and related blood measures in healthy volunteers.

Methods: Eight healthy men (age 20.1 � 0.4 years,... Read More about Increased liver fat and glycogen stores after consumption of high versus low glycaemic index food: a randomized crossover study.

Prior consumption of a fat meal in healthy adults modulates the brain’s response to fat (2016)
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Eldeghaidy, S., Marciani, L., Hort, J., Hollowood, T. A., Singh, G., Bush, D., Foster, T., Taylor, A. J., Busch, J., Spiller, R. C., Gowland, P. A., & Francis, S. T. (2016). Prior consumption of a fat meal in healthy adults modulates the brain’s response to fat. Journal of Nutrition, 146(11), 2187-2198. https://doi.org/10.3945/jn.116.234104

Background: Consumption of fat is regulated by reward and homeostatic pathways, but no studies have examined the role of the intake of a high fat meal (HFM) on subsequent brain activation to oral stimuli.
Objective: We evaluated how prior consumptio... Read More about Prior consumption of a fat meal in healthy adults modulates the brain’s response to fat.

Comparison of pulsed three-dimensional CEST acquisition schemes at 7 tesla: steady state versus pseudosteady state (2016)
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Khlebnikov, V., Geades, N., Klomp, D. W., Hoogduin, H., Gowland, P. A., & Mougin, O. (2017). Comparison of pulsed three-dimensional CEST acquisition schemes at 7 tesla: steady state versus pseudosteady state. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 77(6), 2280-2287. https://doi.org/10.1002/mrm.26323

Purpose: To compare two pulsed, volumetric chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) acquisition schemes: steady state (SS) and pseudosteady state (PS) for the same brain coverage, spatial/spectral resolution and scan time.
Methods: Both schemes... Read More about Comparison of pulsed three-dimensional CEST acquisition schemes at 7 tesla: steady state versus pseudosteady state.