Texture analysis of brain MRI evidences the amygdala activation by nociceptive stimuli under deep anesthesia in the propofol-formalin rat model.

Magnetic resonance images of rat brain were analyzed by texture analysis in order to study the effects of a nociceptive stimulation (formalin test) under propofol deep anesthesia. Changes of the texture in different cerebral brain areas acquired before and after stimulation were checked. Our statistical analysis of texture shows that these changes were present only in the amygdala, in agreement with the facts already known about the unconscious memorization of nociceptive stimuli.

Remyelination assessment by MRI texture analysis in a cuprizone mouse model.

The purpose of this study was to perform serial texture analysis of brain MRI of cuprizone-treated mice for the assessment of regional demyelination and remyelination. Cuprizone-fed mice undergo a brain demyelination process. This process was followed over 56 days by MRI in the olfactory bulbs, cerebellum, putamen and brain stem.

Texture analysis of the brain: from animal models to human applications.

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is widely used to image brain in vivo both in studies in animal models and for human diagnosis. A large part of the value of MRI is due to the fact that soft tissue contrast is enhanced by the substantial variation in the T(1) and T(2) relaxation times between tissues. It may be possible to use an alternative approach, which does not rely on the absolute measurement of relaxation times.