Brainmapping of α-chloralose anesthetized rats with T2*-weighted imaging: Distinction between the representation of the forepaw and hindpaw in the somatosensory cortex

NMR in Biomedicine

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 115-119

  Bock, C ^a   Krep, H ^a   Brinker, G ^a   Hoehn Berlage, M ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR NEUROLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

fMRI; Forepaw; Hindpaw; Rat; Somatosensory cortex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN SLICE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FOREFOOT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031828713     PISSN: 09523480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1492(199805)11:3<115::AID-NBM526>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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