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Aleksandra B Bortel

Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital

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StandardRat: A multi-center consensus protocol to enhance functional connectivity specificity in the rat brain

Joanes Grandjean, Gabriel Desrosiers-Grégoire, Cynthia Anckaerts, Diego Ángeles-Valdéz, Fadi Ayad, David André Barrière, Ines Blockx, Aleksandra B Bortel, Margaret Broadwater, Beatriz M Cardoso, Marina Célestine, Jorge E. Chavez-Negrete, Sangcheon Choi, Emma Christiaen, Perrin G Clavijo, , Kajo van der Marel

StandardRat improves functional connectivity specificity in rat brains through a standardized MRI protocol tested across 20 centers.

bioRxiv · Apr 27, 2022 · PreprintNeuroscience

Dexmedetomidine - commonly used in functional imaging studies - increases susceptibility to seizures in rats but not in wild type mice

Aleksandra B Bortel, Roland Pilgram, Ze Shan Yao, Amir Shmuel

This study shows that dexmedetomidine increases seizure susceptibility in rats but not in mice, affecting hemodynamic and neurophysiological responses to stimulation.

Frontiers in Neuroscience · Oct 29, 2020Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

A Rat Model Of Somatosensory-Evoked Reflex Seizures Induced By Peripheral Stimulation

Aleksandra B Bortel, Ze Shan Yao, Amir Shmuel

This paper introduces a rat model of somatosensory stimulation-induced reflex seizures that occur without brain damage and can be used to study seizure mechanisms and drug responses.

Epilepsy Research · Sep 21, 2019Peer-reviewedNeuroscience