Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) on unrestrained awake dogs is a new method with several advantages over imaging with physical or chemical restraint. This protocol introduces a cost-effective training method that minimizes training in the MRI environment, which can be expensive, and maximizes the subject pool available for canine functional MRI.
Strassberg, L. R., Waggoner, L. P., Deshpande, G., Katz, J. S. Training Dogs for Awake, Unrestrained Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging. J. Vis. Exp. (152), e60192, doi:10.3791/60192 (2019).