Genetic tools to manipulate MRI contrast

NMR in Biomedicine

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 803-809

  Airan, Raag D ^a   Li, Nan ^a,b   Gilad, Assaf A ^a,b   Pelled, Galit ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal models; Cortex; FMRI; MRI sensors; Optogenetics; Reporter genes; Somatosensory cortex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; CORTEX; FMRI; OPTOGENETICS; REPORTER GENE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEURAL NETWORKS; NEURONS; SENSORS; SIGNAL SYSTEMS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

CHANNELRHODOPSIN 2; RHODOPSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL POPULATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENETIC MANIPULATION; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; OPTOGENETICS; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THALAMUS;

ANIMALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTOGENETICS; OXYGEN;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 84879555862     PISSN: 09523480     EISSN: 10991492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nbm.2907     Document Type: Article

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