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Recent advancements in MRI technology such as Ultra-High field (UHF) MRI at7 Teslas allow for unprecedented exploration of the brain’s mesoscalestructures. They offer insights into how sensory, perceptual, and cognitiveprocesses are implemented in cortical layers. This breakout session will explorethe importance of layer-specific research and the challenges involved incapturing detailed layer-dependent data using UHF MRI. It also showcasesrecent successes in using layer-specific MRI research to study the visual cortex(its functional organization and its response to sensory deprivation). Thisbreakout emphasizes the promise of layer-specific MRI techniques in advancingknowledge of human brain organization and plasticity.
