Charles G. Cantrell1,
Rajiv G. Menon1, Parmede Vakil1, Sumeeth Vijay Jonathan1,
Timothy J. Carroll1
1Northwestern
University, Chicago, IL, United States
We examined MR based OEF using spatial ICA of breath-hold PARSE acquisitions to determine the dynamic effects on brain oxygen absorbtion. Results clearly show a frontal shift in OEF during the period of induced stress followed by a return to the baseline after the stress is removed.