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Functional magnetic resonance imaging and the brain: A brief review
Maggie S M Chow, Sharon L Wu, D T Yew, School of Biomedical Science, School of Chinese Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Sarah E Webb, Division of Life Science, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
Katie Gluskin, Department of Neuroscience, St. Mary’s College of Maryland, St Marys City, MD 20686, United States
Author contributions: Chow MSM, Wu SL, Webb SE and Gluskin K wrote the paper; Yew DT directed the research.
Conflict-of-interest statement: Authors declare no conflict of interest for this article.
Correspondence to: Dr. Maggie S M Chow, School of Biomedical Science, School of Chinese Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. maggiesmchow@gmail.com
Telephone: +852-39434140
Received: June 16, 2016
Peer-review started: June 24, 2016
First decision: August 16, 2016
Revised: September 6, 2016
Accepted: October 22, 2016
Article in press: October 24, 2016
Published online: January 28, 2017
Processing time: 212 Days and 8.1 Hours
Peer-review started: June 24, 2016
First decision: August 16, 2016
Revised: September 6, 2016
Accepted: October 22, 2016
Article in press: October 24, 2016
Published online: January 28, 2017
Processing time: 212 Days and 8.1 Hours
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