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Resting State fMRI in Rodents
Wen-Ju Pan1, Jacob Billings2, Maysam Nezafati1
1Biomedical Engineering, Emory University/Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia.
Abstract:
Resting state functional MRI (fMRI) and functional connectivity are widely applied in humans to examine the role of brain networks in normal function and dysfunction. A similar approach can be taken in rodents, either to obtain translational measures in models of brain disorders or to more carefully examine the neurophysiological underpinnings of the networks. A protocol for resting state functional connectivity in the anesthetized rat, from animal setup to data acquisition to possible pipelines for data analysis, is described. © 2018 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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