Article of the IZKF Core Unit PIX published in Nature Neuroscience and selected for the cover of the March 2023 issue

News of 4/27/2023

Cover Image & Design: Marina Corral Spence. Grandjean et al (2023) Nature Neurosci. Vol. 26 Issue 4: 673 - 681.

Two hundred researchers in nearly fifty centers developed StandardRat, a consensus protocol for functional MRI acquisition to estimate functional connectivity in rat brain. Prof. Dr. Cornelius Faber (Research Group for Experimental Magnetic Resonance) and head of the IZKF Core Unit Preclinical Imaging eXperts (PIX) - Section MRI participated in the large multi-center study that defined new standards for preclinical imaging. The results of the study were published in Nature Neuroscience: Grandjean J, Desrosiers-Gregoire G, Anckaerts C, Angeles-Valdez D.... Faber C et al (2023) A consensus protocol for functional connectivity analysis in the rat brain. Nature Neurosci 26(4):673-681ABSTRACT and selected for the cover illustration.

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We congratulate Professor Faber and his team on the publication and the cover illustration.