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Thermal images of somatic sensory cortex obtained through the skull of rat and gerbil.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  8542979     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Infrared images of the skull surface were obtained in urethane-anesthetized rats and gerbils before, during and after mechanical stimulation of the face and mystacial vibrissae on one side. Areas of increased temperature on the skull, localized mainly over the face area of the primary somatosensory cortex contralateral to the side of stimulation, appeared within 4-5 s after the onset of stimulation. Rarely, such temperature change was recorded bilaterally. Temperatures did not remain high on the intact skull in rats, but fell to baseline within minutes after stimulus onset regardless of stimulus duration. In rats in which the skull had been thinned and in gerbils with intact skull, temperatures remained elevated during the course of stimulation. We were unable to resolve the activation of individual vibrissae.
Authors:
J F Brugge; P W Poon; A T So; B M Wu; F H Chan; F K Lam
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Experimental brain research. Experimentelle Hirnforschung. Expérimentation cérébrale     Volume:  106     ISSN:  0014-4819     ISO Abbreviation:  Exp Brain Res     Publication Date:  1995  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1996-02-12     Completed Date:  1996-02-12     Revised Date:  2009-11-11    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0043312     Medline TA:  Exp Brain Res     Country:  GERMANY    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  7-18     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Neurophysiology, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53705, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Diagnostic Imaging
Face
Gerbillinae
Infrared Rays
Physical Stimulation
Rats
Rats, Sprague-Dawley
Skull / anatomy & histology,  physiology*
Somatosensory Cortex / anatomy & histology*
Temperature
Thermography
Vibrissae / physiology

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