Volume 45, Issue 3 pp. 443-447
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Regional sensitivity and coupling of BOLD and CBV changes during stimulation of rat brain

Joseph B. Mandeville

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Joseph B. Mandeville

MGH-NMR Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

MGH-NMR Center, Room 2301, Building 149, 13th Street, Charlestown, MA 02129===Search for more papers by this author
Bruce G. Jenkins

Bruce G. Jenkins

MGH-NMR Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

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Barry E. Kosofsky

Barry E. Kosofsky

Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

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Michael A. Moskowitz

Michael A. Moskowitz

Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

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Bruce R. Rosen

Bruce R. Rosen

MGH-NMR Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

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John J.A. Marota

John J.A. Marota

Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

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Abstract

Functional MRI of rat brain was performed at 2 Tesla following intravenous injection of cocaine in order to 1) determine if changes in CBV and changes in BOLD signal were regionally coupled in brain parenchyma, and 2) compare the sensitivities of these imaging methods across different brain structures. Percent changes in CBV and BOLD relaxation rate were spatially and temporally coupled during this graded brain activation. The use of contrast agent increased functional sensitivity in all parenchymal brain structures, with a strong but predictable dependence on the resting-state blood volume fraction. Magn Reson Med 45:443–447, 2001. Ā© 2001 Wiley-Liss, Inc.

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