On the use of α-chloralose for repeated BOLD fMRI measurements in rats

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 195, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 236-240

  de Celis Alonso, Benito ^a   Makarova, Tanya ^a   Hess, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chloralose; Anesthetic; BOLD; FMRI; Rat; Recoverable

Indexed keywords

CHLORALOSE; ISOFLURANE;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD INTAKE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NONHUMAN; PRIMARY SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; RAT; REPEAT PROCEDURE; TAIL; TAIL FLICK TEST; THALAMUS; VIBRISSA;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; CHLORALOSE; DRINKING; EATING; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OXYGEN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78751701590     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2010.12.010     Document Type: Article

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