A fully noninvasive and robust experimental protocol for longitudinal fMRI studies in the rat

NeuroImage

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1303-1310

  Weber, Ralph ^a   Ramos Cabrer, Pedro ^a   Wiedermann, Dirk ^a   Van Camp, Nadja ^b   Hoehn, Mathias ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR NEUROLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

BOLD; Forepaw stimulation; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Longitudinal noninvasive protocol; Medetomidine; Rat

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ATIPAMEZOLE; CHLORALOSE; HALOTHANE; MEDETOMIDINE; PANCURONIUM BROMIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD OXYGENATION; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREATHING RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FOREFOOT; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEAD MOVEMENT; MALE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEDATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TEMPERATURE;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ANIMALS; AROUSAL; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CHLORALOSE; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FORELIMB; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDETOMIDINE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; OXYGEN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 31844451520     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2005.08.028     Document Type: Article

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