Abstract #1581

Stimulus Induced Modulation of Low Frequency Fluctuations in BOLD FMRI of the Rat

Waqas Majeed¹, Matthew Magnuson¹, Shella Keilholz¹

¹Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology / Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA

We acquired fMRI data with and without continuous unilateral forepaw stimulation, from rats. Our results show that stimulation reduces power in the low frequency band in the stimulated area in the brain as well as the area 'functionally connected' to the stimulated area.