. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 1.

Published in final edited form as: Magn Reson Med. 2011 Dec 9;68(3):762–771. doi: 10.1002/mrm.23294

Table 1.

Turbo-DASL results of isoflurane-anesthetized (n = 7) and α-chloralose-anesthetized (n = 5) rats, in baseline and somatosensory stimulation conditions^a

	Absolute values in baseline condition		Absolute values in stimulation (Functional percentage changes)

Anesthetic	isoflurane	α-chloralose	isoflurane	α-chloralose
CBF (ml/g/min)^b	1.05±0.25	0.66±0.14^*	1.21±0.28^† (15±3%)	1.06±0.23^† (60±7%)
TT_a (ms)	381±86	396±48	376± 86 (−1±3%)	383±44 (−3±3%)
TT_c (ms)	636±83	714±37	627± 92 (−2±3%)	698±40 (−2±2%)
CBV_a (ml/100g)	0.59±0.26	0.30±0.14^*	0.69±0.29^† (19±9%)	0.44±0.19^† (46±17%)

All values were obtained from contralateral somatosensory cortical ROIs with 3×3 pixels (mean ± SD). TT_a: arterial blood transit time from the carotid arteries to cortical arteries; TT_c: arterial blood transit time from carotid arteries to capillaries; CBV_a: cerebral arterial blood volume.

CBF was measured with diffusion gradients (b = 50 s/mm²).

Significantly different from values in the baseline condition under isoflurane anesthesia (p < 0.05, independent two sample t-test).

^†

Significantly different from values in the baseline condition under the same anesthesia (p < 0.05, paired two-tailed t-test).