Raw fMRI data from 12 rats used in the manuscript "Mapping of hemodynamic responses to the sensorymotor stimulation in a rodent model: a BOLD fMRI study"

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Raw data are from twelve male adult Wistar rats (Charles River Laboratories, Paris-France) weighing 300 ± 20g. Rats were initially anesthetized (induction) with 3% isoflurane and were maintained under 0,7-0.8% (sedation along with a muscle relaxation) during fMRI session. Each rat was submitted to two fMRI sessions: one with TE of 30 ms and and other with TE of 40 ms. For fMRI acquisition, electrodes were inserted subcutaneously in the palmar surface of the right hindpaw of each rat and electrical stimulation (current pulses with a 1.7 mA amplitude, 10 ms duration and 8 Hz frequency) was applied in a block-design starting with a resting period of 25s as a baseline followed by 25s stimulation, repeated 8 times. Ten 1-mm thick contiguous axial slices, from -6.36 mm to +2.64 mm to Bregma, were acquired with a two-shot gradient echo planar imaging (GE EPI) pulse sequence (2.56 cm2 FOV; 64x64 matrix size; a TR of 1000 ms; a flip angle of 50°) resulting in the pixel size of 0.4 mm. All imaging experiments were performed on a 4.7T Bruker (Biospec 47/40, Bruker, GmbH, Ettlingen,Germany) with a horizontal bore magnet equipped with a 12 cm gradient coil (Bruker BGA12, 400 mT/m) and interfaced to AVANCE III console. Two actively decoupled RF coils were used: a 7.2-cm diameter volume coil for transmission and a 2-cm diameter surface coil (Rapid Biomedical, Rimpar, Germany) positioned on the top of the animal's head for reception.