Publication Type	Academic Article
Authors	Wolf O, Dyakin V, Vadasz C, de Leon M, McEwen B, Bulloch K
Journal	Brain Res Brain Res Protoc
Volume	10
Issue	1
Pagination	41-6
Date Published	08/01/2002
ISSN	1385-299X
Keywords	Brain Mapping, Gyrus Cinguli, Hippocampus, Lateral Ventricles, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Rats, Sprague-Dawley
Abstract	MRI imaging of the rodent brain is a rapidly growing field in the neurosciences. Relatively limited information is available for regional volume determination. The present paper describes a reliable method for the assessment of the hippocampus, the anterior cingulate cortex, the retrosplenial granular cortex and the ventricles in rats. MRI scans were acquired using a 7 T magnet. The anatomical sampling method was found to be highly reliable with an intra-rater reliability of greater than 0.93. The current protocol should facilitate future in vivo neuroimaging research using animal models of neurodegenerative diseases.
DOI	10.1016/s1385-299x(02)00181-2
PubMed ID	12379436