DREAM CAMPAIGN SUPPORTS 11 RESEARCH FUNDING PRIORITIES
Brain Imaging to Assess Cognitive Injury ($50,000)
The purpose of this study is to apply functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) techniques to better understand the nature and frequency of dysfunction in cognitive areas such as memory, attention, and learning seen in 35% of patients at 6 weeks after cardiac surgery and to correlate these imaging deficits with the cognitive decline seen on standardized neuropsychological testing. The fMRI technology will allow us to obtain much greater detail on the specific structural areas and pathways in the brain that are injured during and after surgery. MRI uses radiowaves to take pictures of the brain using a large magnet while fMRI utilizes the same technique combined with the signal generated from blood oxygen levels to generate a map of brain activity during a prescribed task.
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