Event-related functional MRI of awake behaving pigeons at 7T

Mehdi Behroozi; Xavier Helluy; Felix Ströckens; Meng Gao; Roland Pusch; Sepideh Tabrik; Martin Tegenthoff; Tobias Otto; Nikolai Axmacher; Robert Kumsta; Dirk Moser; Erhan Genc; Onur Güntürkün

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-18437-1

Nature Communications (Sep 2020)

Event-related functional MRI of awake behaving pigeons at 7T

Mehdi Behroozi,
Xavier Helluy,
Felix Ströckens,
Meng Gao,
Roland Pusch,
Sepideh Tabrik,
Martin Tegenthoff,
Tobias Otto,
Nikolai Axmacher,
Robert Kumsta,
Dirk Moser,
Erhan Genc,
Onur Güntürkün

Affiliations

Mehdi Behroozi: Department of Biopsychology, Faculty of Psychology, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, Ruhr University Bochum
Xavier Helluy: Department of Biopsychology, Faculty of Psychology, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, Ruhr University Bochum
Felix Ströckens: Department of Biopsychology, Faculty of Psychology, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, Ruhr University Bochum
Meng Gao: Department of Biopsychology, Faculty of Psychology, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, Ruhr University Bochum
Roland Pusch: Department of Biopsychology, Faculty of Psychology, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, Ruhr University Bochum
Sepideh Tabrik: Department of Neurology, BG-University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr University Bochum
Martin Tegenthoff: Department of Neurology, BG-University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr University Bochum
Tobias Otto: Department of Cognitive Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, Ruhr University Bochum
Nikolai Axmacher: Department of Neuropsychology, Faculty of Psychology, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, Ruhr University Bochum
Robert Kumsta: Department of Genetic Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Ruhr University Bochum
Dirk Moser: Department of Genetic Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Ruhr University Bochum
Erhan Genc: Department of Biopsychology, Faculty of Psychology, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, Ruhr University Bochum
Onur Güntürkün: Department of Biopsychology, Faculty of Psychology, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, Ruhr University Bochum

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18437-1
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is a powerful method to understand neural mechanisms of cognition but imaging of small animals can be challenging. The authors present an event-related fMRI platform to visualize the neural fundaments of perceptual and cognitive functions in awake birds.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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