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Review
. 2012 Aug 15;62(2):902-10.
doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.01.044. Epub 2012 Jan 12.

A brief history of the resting state: the Washington University perspective

Abraham Z Snyder  1 , Marcus E Raichle
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Review

A brief history of the resting state: the Washington University perspective

Abraham Z Snyder et al. Neuroimage. .

Abstract

We present a history of the concepts and developments that have led us to focus on the resting state as an object of study. We then discuss resting state research performed in our laboratory since 2005 with an emphasis on papers of particular interest.

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Figure 1
Graph of papers/year retrieved by a PubMed search using either “fMRI” or “fMRI AND resting state”. N.B.: The “fMRI” scale is compressed by a factor of 100. Resting state fMRI papers are appearing at an exponentially increasing rate. The current doubling time is a little less than 2 years.
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