Preface...Table of Contents...Contributing Authors...PART I: MRI BASICS1. Introduction to MRI PhysicsGary Martinez2. Basic Pulse Sequences in Magnetic Resonance ImagingDaniel Calle and Teresa NavarroPART II: PERFUSION, DIFFUSION AND FUNCTIONAL MRI3. Dynamic Susceptibility Contrast MRI in Small AnimalsPilar Lopez-Larrubia4. Preclinical Arterial Spin Labeling Measurement of Cerebral Blood Flow Eric R. Muir5. Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRI Jennifer Moroz and Stefan A. Reinsberg 6. Diffusion Weighted Magnetic Resonance ImagingIrene Guadilla, Daniel Calle, and Pilar Lopez-Larrubia7. Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI)Silvia Lope-Piedrafita 8. Mapping Functional Connectivity in the Rodent Brain using Electric-Stimulation fMRILaura Perez-Cervera, Jose Maria Carames, Luis Miguel Fernandez-Molla, Andrea Moreno, Begona Fernandez, Elena Perez-Montoyo, David Moratal, Santiago Canals, Jesus Pacheco-Torres 9. Functional Diffusion Magnetic Resonance ImagingRita Maria Rocha Oliveira, Irene Guadilla, and Pilar Lopez-Larrubia PART III: IN VIVO SPECTROSCOPY10. In Vivo 1H Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy M. Carmen Munoz-Hernandez and Maria L. Garcia-Martin 11. In Vivo Heteronuclear Magnetic Resonance SpectroscopyBlanca Lizarbe, Antoine Cherix, and Rolf Gruetter 12. 1H Spectroscopic Imaging of the Rodent BrainRui V. Simoes, Emma Munoz-Moreno, Raul Tudela, and Guadalupe SoriaPART IV: SPECIAL MRI TECHNIQUES13. Susceptibility Weighted MRI in Rodents at 9.4T Ferdinand Schweser, Marilena Preda, and Robert Zivadinov14. Biomedical 19F MRI Using Perfluorocarbons Tuba Guden-Silber, Sebastian Temme, Christoph Jacoby, and Ulrich Flogel15. Rodent Abdominal Adipose Tissue Imaging by MR Bhanu Prakash KN, Jadegoud Yaligar, Sanjay K. Verma, Venkatesh Gopalan, Sendhil Velan S.16. Cardiac MRI in Small AnimalsMin-Chi Ku, Till Huelnhagen, Thoralf Niendorf, and Andreas Pohlmann17. In Utero MRI in Mouse EmbryosJiangyang Zhang, Dan Wu, and Daniel H. Turnbull18. Oxygenation Imaging by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Methods Heling Zhou, Nuria Arias-Ramos, Pilar Lopez-Larrubia, Ralph P. Mason, Sebastian Cerdan, and Jesus Pacheco-Torres19. Molecular Magnetic Resonance Imaging (mMRI) Maxime Gauberti, Antoine Fournier, Denis Vivien, and Sara Martinez De Lizarrondo PART V: MRI AND MRS IN ANIMAL MODELS OF DISEASE20. Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Studies of Mouse Models of Cancer Menglin Cheng and Kristine Glunde21. MRI in the Study of Animal Models of Neurodegenerative Diseases Nyoman D. Kurniawan 22. MRI in the Study of Animal Models of StrokePedro Ramos-Cabrer and Daniel Padro PART VI: OTHER APPLICATIONS23. Assessment of Blood Brain Barrier Leakage with Gadolinium Enhanced MRIMin-Chi Ku, Sonia Waiczies, Thoralf Niendorf, and Andreas Pohlmann24. In Vivo Pharmacokinetics of Magnetic NanoparticlesCarlos Caro, M. Carmen Munoz-Hernandez, Manuel Pernia Leal, and Maria L. Garcia-MartinPART VII: ANESTHESIA AND ADVANCED CONTRAST AGENTS25. Anaesthesia and Monitoring of Animals during MRI StudiesJordi L. Tremoleda, Sven Macholl, and Jane K. Sobawoski26. Advanced Contrast Agents for Multimodal Biomedical Imaging Based in NanotechnologyDaniel Calle, Paloma Ballesteros, and Sebastian Cerdan