Functional MRI of the rat somatosensory cortex: effects of hyperventilation.
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Journal Article
Functional mapping of the rat somatosensory cortex was performed with T2*-sensitized MRI using a forepaw electrical stimulation model in alpha-chloralose-anesthetized rats at 7 T under both normocapnia and mild hyperventilation-induced hypocapnia. A highly localized activation area, consistent with the known somatosensory cortical region, was detected in all seven animals studied during hypocapnia and in five of the same animals during normocapnia. Quantitatively, hypocapnia was found to significantly increase both the size of the fMRI activation area (3.4 +/- 0.6 mm2 versus 1.5 +/- 0.6 mm2 in normocapnia, mean +/- standard error, n = 7, P < 0.03) and the average fMRI signal intensity increase (3.4 +/- 0.6% versus 2.7 +/- 0.4%, n = 5, P < 0.05). The increased sensitivity of fMRI to functional activation may reflect a widened arterial-venous oxygenation difference resulting from an increased effective oxygen extraction during hyperventilation. The dependence of the fMRI response on the ventilation state underscores the need to control for physiological parameters in animal fMRI studies.
Full Text
Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Hsu, EW; Hedlund, LW; MacFall, JR
Published Date
- September 1998
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 40 / 3
Start / End Page
- 421 - 426
PubMed ID
- 9727945
Pubmed Central ID
- 9727945
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 0740-3194
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1002/mrm.1910400312
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- United States