Functional connectivity change of the rat brain in response to sensory stimuli using functional near-infrared brain imaging

Sung Woo Kim, Seung Ho Paik, Kang Il Song, Se Jung Yang, Inchan Youn, Beop Min Kim, Joon Kyung Seong

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    Abstract

    Purpose: Because the brain can divide into many separate regions structurally and these regions don’t exist independently in terms of their function, there are some tendencies between these regions.

    Results: Concentration changes in oxyhemoglobin and deoxyhemoglobin was calculated using reconstructed absorption coefficients at each nodes in finiteelement mesh. Then these time-series node data were mapped on our rat brain MR image. In addition, we analyzed coactivation by calculating correlation coefficients between time-series node data and standard response pattern of two parameters.

    Conclusions: We ascertained that some brain regions were coactivated under sensory stimulation.

    Methods: This functional connectivity has been analyzed using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), but in recent, diffuse optical tomography (DOT) has started to analyze these connectivity. In our experiment, we measured the coactivation in brain regions in response to sensory stimulation using CW-DOT.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)370-377
    Number of pages8
    JournalBiomedical Engineering Letters
    Volume4
    Issue number4
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2014 Dec

    Bibliographical note

    Publisher Copyright:
    © 2014, Korean Society of Medical and Biological Engineering and Springer.

    Keywords

    • Diffuse optical tomography
    • Functional brain connectivity
    • Hemodynamic response
    • Mouse

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Biomedical Engineering

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