Validation of an automated punctate mechanical stimuli delivery system designed for fMRI studies in rodents

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 31-37

  Governo, Ricardo Jose Moylan ^a   Prior, Malcolm John William ^a   Morris, Peter Gordon ^a   Marsden, Charles Alexander ^a   Chapman, Victoria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BOLD; fMRI; Nociception; Pain; Rat; VonFrey

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXYGEN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34247480908     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2007.02.006     Document Type: Article

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