NeuroscienceeLifePeer-reviewed
Perception affects the brain's metabolic response to sensory stimulation
Mauro DiNuzzo, Silvia Mangia, Marta Moraschi…·Federico Giove
The paper shows that perceived and unperceived visual stimuli with similar BOLD-fMRI responses have distinct neurometabolic profiles in V1, with lactate and glutamate accumulation only during perception.