Abstract #0012

fcMRI Plasticity Following Rat Median Nerve Injury and Repair at 9.4T

Rupeng Li¹, Patrick Hettinger², Younghoon Cho¹, Christopher P. Pawela¹, Maida Parkins², Seth Jones², Ji-Geng Yan², Andrzej Jesmanowicz¹, Anthony Hudetz³, Hani Matloub², James Hyde¹

¹Biophysics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States; ²Plastic Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States; ³Anesthesiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States

Plasicity happening to the resting state connectivity map following rat peripheral nerve injury and repair was shown using 9.4T. Unique patterns of plasticity could help monitoring the neuro-network function when functional test in not available.