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Deoxyhaemoglobin is paramagnetic

causes a gradient which attenuates signal

Neuron activity causes increase in flow

Oxyhaemoglobin fraction increases

Signal increase on T

2

or T

2

*-w images

c

b

time

e

a

Model of response

Blood Oxygen Level Dependent (BOLD) Contrast