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The application of optical coherence tomography (OCT) to neuroscience has been reviewed. In imaging
of structures in brain tissues, morphological information and scattering coeffi cients have been obtained
using ultrahigh resolution OCT. The combinations of drug delivery, electrocoagulation and local block
in tissues with OCT have been also reported. In functional imaging, responses at somatosensory or
visual cortex by stimulus have been measured using optical intrinsic signal associated with neuronal
activities. Further, the application of OCT to monitoring of viability in brain has been studied to show
increases of OCT signal before cardiac arrest and negative correlations between OCT signal intensity
and temperature.
