MR spectrum of the mouse prefrontal cortex

MR spectrum of the mouse prefrontal cortex

Thanks to our clinical MRS expert Dr David Lythgoe, with help of our own Dr Camilla Simmons, we now have a working protocol for magnetic resonance spectroscopy – yey! This is an example spectrum from a (tiny) 11.6um voxel of a mouse prefrontal cortex (see inset...
T1W (MP-RAGE) MRI of the mouse brain

T1W (MP-RAGE) MRI of the mouse brain

The three-dimension magnetization-prepared rapid gradient echo (MP-RAGE) sequence is one of the most popular sequences for high-resolution whole brain T1-weighted imaging in the clinic. Thanks to Eugene and Toby, we now have it working nicely in mouse brain as part of...
TSPO PET & autoradiography

TSPO PET & autoradiography

At BRAIN centre we don’t just do MRI. With Nisha Singh and Marta Vicente-Rodriguez we recently optimised the methodology for in vivo preclinical PET imaging of PK11195 binding to mitochondrial translocator protein, TSPO (a putative neuroinflammation marker) and...