The neocortex of rats behaving in a driven rotating wheel shows a band characterized by preferential uptake of deoxyglucose.
In comparison with control rats placed in a glass chamber, the neocortex of experimental rats performing in a motor-driven activity wheel shows a limited region of high metabolic activity, as revealed by the deoxyglucose radioautographic method. This region consists of a bilateral band located in the somesthetic area SI. An overlap of this labeling with the sensory and/or motor cortical representation of the head, and especially a correlation with head posture and movements, is discussed.
D000818:Animals; D001345:Autoradiography; D001693:Biological Transport, Active; D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000378:metabolism*; D003837:Deoxy Sugars / Q000378:metabolism*; D003847:Deoxyglucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D003837:Deoxy Sugars; D003847:Deoxyglucose