Abstract #2168

Longitudinal FMRI of Spontaneous Plasticity in Rats After Focal Stroke Under Alpha-Chloralose Anesthetic

Tobias C. Wood¹, Denise Duricki², Lawrence Moon², Camilla Simmons¹, Michel Mesquita¹, Steven Williams¹, Diana Cash¹

¹Department of Neuroimaging, King's College London, London, United Kingdom; ²Wolfson Centre for Age Related Diseases, King's College London

We present a longitudinal fMRI study of focal stroke recovery in adult rats under Alpha-Chloralose anesthetic using forepaw stimulation. Spontaneous plasticity was observed, confirming this protocol is suitable for use with repeated imaging experiments.