This invention relates to the use of a quantitative functional MRI (fMRI) - arterial spin-labeling perfusion MRI or absolute T2 mapping MRI or a combination thereof in the non-invasive neuroimaging of a subject's brain in response to stress-inducing psychological stimuli, which can be utilized to predict individual stress reactivity as well as to be used as a human model for testing or optimizing psychopharmacological agents.
ASSESSING SUBJECT'S REACTIVITY TO PSYCHOLOGICAL STRESS USING FMRI