Connectivity of thalamo-cortical pathway in rat brain: Combined diffusion spectrum imaging and functional MRI at 11.7T

NMR in Biomedicine

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 943-952

  Kim, Young Beom ^a,b   Kalthoff, Daniel ^a   Po, Chrystelle ^a   Wiedermann, Dirk ^a   Hoehn, Mathias ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR NEUROLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Functional activation of thalamus and cortex; in vivo diffusion spectrum imaging; Rat brain; Thalamo cortical pathway; Ultrahigh field 11.7 T MRI

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED AREAS; BRAIN LESIONS; COMPLEX ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION SPECTRA; ELECTRICAL FOREPAW STIMULATION; FIBER BUNDLES; FIBER TRACKING; FUNCTIONAL ACTIVATION; FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL MRI; HIGH RESOLUTION; IN-VIVO; PATHOPHYSIOLOGICAL; PRIMARY SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; RAT BRAIN; SMALL-ANIMAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STRUCTURAL BASIS; TARGET REGIONS; THALAMO-CORTICAL PATHWAY;

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; BRAIN; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT TRACKING; FIBERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RATS; TENSORS;

FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING;

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; DIFFUSION SPECTRUM IMAGING; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FOREFOOT; IMAGING AND DISPLAY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THALAMUS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 84862804156     PISSN: 09523480     EISSN: 10991492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nbm.1815     Document Type: Article

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