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Simultaneous Functional Magnetic Resonance and Optoacoustic Imaging of Brain‐Wide Sensory Responses in Mice

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Title: Simultaneous Functional Magnetic Resonance and Optoacoustic Imaging of Brain‐Wide Sensory Responses in Mice
Authors: Chen, Zhenyue, Gezginer, Irmak, Augath, Mark‐Aurel, Liu, Yu‐Hang, Ni, Ruiqing, Deán‐Ben, Xosé Luís, Razansky, Daniel
Contributors: Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung
Source: Advanced Science ; volume 10, issue 3 ; ISSN 2198-3844 2198-3844
Publisher Information: Wiley
Publication Year: 2022
Collection: Wiley Online Library (Open Access Articles via Crossref)
Description: Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) has massively contributed to the understanding of mammalian brain function. However, the origin and interpretation of the blood oxygen level‐dependent (BOLD) signals retrieved by fMRI remain highly disputed. This article reports on the development of a fully hybridized system enabling concurrent functional magnetic resonance optoacoustic tomography (MROT) measurements of stimulus‐evoked brain‐wide sensory responses in mice. The highly complementary angiographic and soft tissue contrasts of both modalities along with simultaneous multi‐parametric readings of stimulus‐evoked hemodynamic responses are leveraged in order to establish unequivocal links between the various counteracting physiological and metabolic processes in the brain. The results indicate that the BOLD signals are highly correlated, both spatially and temporally, with the total hemoglobin readings resolved with volumetric multi‐spectral optoacoustic tomography. Furthermore, the differential oxygenated and deoxygenated hemoglobin optoacoustic readings exhibit superior sensitivity as compared to the BOLD signals when detecting stimulus‐evoked hemodynamic responses. The fully hybridized MROT approach greatly expands the neuroimaging toolset to comprehensively study neurovascular and neurometabolic coupling mechanisms and related diseases.
Document Type: article in journal/newspaper
Language: English
DOI: 10.1002/advs.202205191
Availability: https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202205191
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/advs.202205191
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1002/advs.202205191
Rights: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Accession Number: edsbas.F6F84CD2
Database: BASE
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