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High resolution fMRI allows us to determine more accurately the origins of the fMRI signal. This has shown that even at high field, the GE-BOLD signal has still a large vascular contribution [1]. Alternative methods like SE- and monocrystalline iron oxide nanocolloid (MION)-based methods have been shown to be spatially more specific than conventional BOLD, and are able to reveal functional subunits in the cortex [2-6]. Here we compare the specificity of BOLD and CBV fMRI methods in the macaque; its striate cortex shows very obvious laminar structure in anatomical images, allowing accurate determination of the precise location of the fMRI activation.