Functional MRI bold signal coincides with electrical activity in the rat whisker barrels
Yang X, Hyder F, Shulman R. Functional MRI bold signal coincides with electrical activity in the rat whisker barrels. Magnetic Resonance In Medicine 1997, 38: 874-877. PMID: 9402186, DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910380604.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRat whisker barrelsElectrical activityFunctional MRIWhisker barrelsBlood oxygenation level-dependent (BOLD) image contrastBrain functional activityBOLD fMRI signalNeuronal electrical activitySustained stimulationFunctional activationNoninvasive methodFunctional activityFMRI signalsPerfusionRat whiskerLocalized increaseActivityMRI