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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Neuroendocrinol. 2011 Nov;23(11):1009–1019. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2011.02184.x

Fig. 1.

Fig. 1

BOLD signal response in the ventrum trunk representation of the somatosensory cortex of awake rats. Seven unanesthetized virgin rats received mechanical rubbing stimulation on the ventrum skin for 5 minutes during a 10-minute fMRI scan (4). Shown is a composite brain image highlighting positive somatosensory BOLD activation. To the right of the brain map is a rat atlas map highlighting the ventrum trunk area. The timecourse to the left shows the temporal evolution of the BOLD signal (mean ± standard deviation). Arrow indicates stimulus onset.