2015
Distribution of temperature changes and neurovascular coupling in rat brain following 3,4‐methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, “ecstasy”) exposure
Coman D, Sanganahalli BG, Jiang L, Hyder F, Behar KL. Distribution of temperature changes and neurovascular coupling in rat brain following 3,4‐methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, “ecstasy”) exposure. NMR In Biomedicine 2015, 28: 1257-1266. PMID: 26286889, PMCID: PMC4573923, DOI: 10.1002/nbm.3375.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeurovascular couplingBlood flowNeuronal activityNeural activityWhole-body hyperthermiaAbused psychostimulantMethylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) exposureNeurovascular responseCortex temperatureMDMA effectsRat cortexRat brainBrain temperatureSubcortical regionsBrain regionsCortexSubcortexMDMA actionSkeletal muscleMonoaminergic stimulationBrainMDMACBFBody temperatureThermogenesis
2007
Energetics of neuronal signaling and fMRI activity
Maandag NJ, Coman D, Sanganahalli BG, Herman P, Smith AJ, Blumenfeld H, Shulman RG, Hyder F. Energetics of neuronal signaling and fMRI activity. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2007, 104: 20546-20551. PMID: 18079290, PMCID: PMC2154468, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0709515104.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRSN activityContralateral S1FMRI activationBaseline stateContralateral primary somatosensory cortexPrimary somatosensory cortexSomatosensory cortexIntracortical interactionsFiring rateNeuronal signalingFMRI activityEnsemble activityEnsemble firingStimulationHalothaneCortexNeuronsBaselineActivationFMRI dataLarge majorityAnesthesiaActivityRats