MRI upgrades to enable rodent and human research

该应用程序是必要的设备，使非侵入性磁共振成像项目的15 NSERC资助的神经科学家在加拿大中心的行为神经科学在莱斯布里奇大学。该研究涉及非人类和人类参与者，涵盖了广泛的高影响力研究主题，从产前大脑发育，受伤后的恢复，到与年龄相关的认知衰退，重点是熟练的动作，注意力，社会行为，记忆和决策。我们应用几种MR模式，包括定量结构脑和胎盘图像，功能磁共振成像，磁共振波谱和锰增强MRI。我们目前有两个磁铁，一个3T人类和一个4.7T非人类，过时或垂死的电子设备，配件和控制台。为了使这项研究能够继续进行，我们正在申请资金用于最低限度的必要项目，一个新的控制台，电子设备，线圈和低温恒温器（用于成像后的组织切片）。

This application is for essential equipment to enable the non invasive magnetic resonance imaging projects by the fifteen NSERC funded neuroscientists at the Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience at the University of Lethbridge. The research involves non human and human participants and spans a wide range of high impact research topics, from prenatal brain development, recovery after injury, to age-related cognitive decline, focusing on skilled movements, attention, social behaviour, memory and decision-making. We apply several MR modalities, including quantitative structural brain and placental images, fMRI, MR spectroscopy and manganese-enhanced MRI. We currently have two magnets, one 3T human and one 4.7T non human, with obsolete or moribund electronics, accessories and consoles. In order to enable this research to proceed we are requesting funding for the minimally necessary items, a new console, electronics, coils and cryostat (for sectioning tissue post-imaging).