How Does Whisker Stimulation Modulate Ongoing Electrophysiological Signal? Implications for Resting State FMRI

Hanbing Lu¹, Leiming Wang¹, William W. Rea¹, Elliot A. Stein¹, Yihong Yang¹

Spontaneous fluctuations in the resting state fMRI time course have been shown to exhibit structured spatial and temporal patterns. However, the underlying mechanisms are still poorly understood. The goal of this study is to investigate how tasks modulate ongoing spontaneous fluctuations.