ABERRANT HEMODYNAMIC RESPONSES IN AUTISM: IMPLICATIONS FOR RESTING STATE FMRI FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY STUDIES

Aberrant hemodynamic responses in autism: Implications for resting state fMRI functional connectivity studies

Functional MRI (fMRI) is modeled as a convolution of the hemodynamic response function (HRF) and an unmeasured latent neural signal.However, HRF itself is variable across brain regions and subjects.This variability is induced by both neural and non-neural factors.Aberrations in underlying neurochemical mechanisms, which control HRF shape, have been

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Microbial Ecology of European Foul Brood Disease in the Honey Bee (Apis mellifera): Towards a Microbiome Understanding of Disease Susceptibility

European honey bees (Apis mellifera Linnaeus) are beneficial insects that provide essential pollination services for agriculture and ecosystems worldwide.Modern commercial beekeeping is plagued by a variety of pathogenic and environmental stressors often confounding attempts to understand colony loss.European foulbrood (EFB) is considered a larval-

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