No increase of the blood oxygenation level-dependent functional magnetic resonance imaging signal with higher field strength: Implications for brain activation studies

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 5234-5241

  Seehafer, Jörg U ^a   Kalthoff, Daniel ^a   Farr, Tracy D ^a   Wiedermann, Dirk ^a   Hoehn, Mathias ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR NEUROLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEDETOMIDINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD OXYGENATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FOREFOOT; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SEDATION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STRENGTH;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FORELIMB; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; OXYGEN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS; TOUCH PERCEPTION;

EID: 77950992305     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0844-10.2010     Document Type: Article

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