Figure 2. Functional connectivity maps for seeds placed in the right (unaffected) hemisphere.
Group-averaged functional connectivity patterns in mice before (control) and 72 hours after tMCAO using HbO. Functional connectivity maps for seeds in right (unaffected) olfactory, somatosensory, motor, retrosplenial, and visual cortices (black circles) exhibit changes in connectivity patterns commensurate with injury, indicating a loss of temporal synchrony between brain networks. Note that connectivity patterns of regions within the MCA territory (motor, somatosensory, visual) are more affected than perilesional regions (retrosplenial) and those far from the insult (olfactory).