Functional Imaging of Auditory Cortex in Adult Cats using High-field fMRI

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February 19th, 2014

DOI :

10.3791/50872-v

February 19th, 2014

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Trecia A. Brown¹^,⁶, Joseph S. Gati⁵, Sarah M. Hughes⁵, Pam L. Nixon¹^,⁶, Ravi S. Menon³^,⁴^,⁵, Stephen G. Lomber¹^,²^,⁴^,⁵^,⁶^,⁷

¹Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Western Ontario, ²Department of Psychology, University of Western Ontario, ³Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Western Ontario, ⁴Brain and Mind Institute, University of Western Ontario, ⁵Centre for Functional and Metabolic Mapping, Robarts Research Institute, University of Western Ontario, ⁶Cerebral Systems Laboratory, University of Western Ontario, ⁷National Centre for Audiology, University of Western Ontario

Резюме

Functional studies of the auditory system in mammals have traditionally been conducted using spatially-focused techniques such as electrophysiological recordings. The following protocol describes a method of visualizing large-scale patterns of evoked hemodynamic activity in the cat auditory cortex using functional magnetic resonance imaging.

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Mammalian Auditory System

Electrophysiology

Animal Models

Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging fMRI

Hemodynamic Activity

Auditory Function