Imaging the magnetically stimulated brain

The MRI scanners are providing researchers the finer-grained snapshots of the brain in action. Lately with the help of this scanner the scientists have now used transcranial magnetic stimulation of the brain (TMS) to probe these networks on subjects as they lie inside the bore of an MRI magnet. According to a new report published in journal PNAS, suggest that when it is combined with precise stimulation protocols, very important details about the cognition and memory can be extracted amidst an impending plateau in the basic physics of MRI imaging. This could be a real help in the field of science. It can provide solution to various mysteries. The study focuses on three functional networks in brain. They are the fronto-parietal central executive network (CEN), the cingulo-opercular salience network (SN), and the medial prefrontal-medial parietal default mode networks (DMN). The researchers also found that there are plenty of good things to be learned in pursuit of their elusive character.