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Review
Current status of small animal brain functional MRI
ZANG Feng-chao  ZHANG Hong-ying  TENG Gao-jun 

DOI:10.3969/j.issn.1674-8034.2010.05.015.


[Abstract] This review describes the present status of the technological development and neuroscience application of BOLD-fMRI on small animals. Also, a using of small animals in exploring bloodless fMRI techniques is briefly introduced as well. Extremely high magnet is essential and small animals require anesthesia during fMRI data acquisition. In spite of such limitations, impressive contributions having been made by small animal fMRI studies in neuroscience and neuropharmacology fields have gained great attention in brain research community to realize its potential.
[Keywords] Animals;Magnetic resonance imaging, functional;Brain

ZANG Feng-chao Jiangsu Key Lab of Molecule Imaging and Functional imaging; Department of Radiology, ZhongDa Hospital, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, China

ZHANG Hong-ying Jiangsu Key Lab of Molecule Imaging and Functional imaging; Department of Radiology, ZhongDa Hospital, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, China; Department of Radiology, Clinical Medical School, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225001, China

TENG Gao-jun* Jiangsu Key Lab of Molecule Imaging and Functional imaging; Department of Radiology, ZhongDa Hospital, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, China

*Correspondence to: Teng GJ, E-mail: gjteng@vip.sina.com

Conflicts of interest   None.

致谢: 本文撰写得到了美国芝加哥大学Jiahong Gao博士的指导。
Received  2010-07-11
Accepted  2010-08-26
DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1674-8034.2010.05.015
DOI:10.3969/j.issn.1674-8034.2010.05.015.

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