Variation of functional MRI signal in response to frequency of somatosensory stimulation in α-chloralose anesthetized rats

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 13-15

  Gyngell, Michael L ^a   Bock, Christian ^a   Schmilz, Bernd ^a   Hoehn Berlage, Mathias ^a   Hossmann, Konstantin Alexander ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR NEUROLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

forepaw stimulation; frequency response; functional MRI; somatosensory cortex

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; SIGNAL SYSTEMS;

FOREPAW STIMULATION; FUNCTIONAL MRI; REPETITION RATE; SENSORY STIMULUS; SOMATOSENSORY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STIMULATION FREQUENCIES; STIMULATION RATES;

RATS;

CHLORALOSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION;

EID: 0029922655     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910360104     Document Type: Article

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