A protocol for use of medetomidine anesthesia in rats for extended studies using task-induced BOLD contrast and resting-state functional connectivity

NeuroImage

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1137-1147

  Pawela, Christopher P ^a   Biswal, Bharat B ^b   Hudetz, Anthony G ^a   Schulte, Marie L ^a   Li, Rupeng ^a   Jones, Seth R ^a   Cho, Younghoon R ^a   Matloub, Hani S ^a   Hyde, James S ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood oxygen level dependent (BOLD); Forepaw stimulation; Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI); Magnetic resonance imaging (fcMRI); Medetomidine anesthesia; Physiological fluctuations; Rat; Resting state functional connectivity

Indexed keywords

MEDETOMIDINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDETOMIDINE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REST;

EID: 67349278458     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2009.03.004     Document Type: Article

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