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Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Core Facility
Specifications:
Magnet: 7T
Bruker 730 (7 Tesla, 30cm) USR horizontal-bore magnet
Magnetic Field Gradient Sets:
Mouse (9.5 mT/m/A; ~30-50 m resolution)
Rat (2 mT/m/A; ~70-200 mm resolution)
Rabbit-sized animals (1 mT/m/A; ~200-300 m resolution)
Radiofrequency (RF) Probes:
Volume coils: (15 - 152 mm diameter)
Surface Coils:
Mouse and rat head coils
31P and 13C coils for metabolite assessment
Hydrogen (¹H) birdcage multi-rung imaging probes
Double-tuned ¹H/phosphorous (31P) imaging/spectroscopy probe
Double-tuned ¹H/carbon 13 (13C) imaging/spectroscopy probe
Mouse and rat brain ¹H actively decoupled surface coils
Magnet: 11.7T
Bruker AVANCE II 500 WB (11.7 Tesla, 8.9cm) USR vertical wide-bore magnet
Micro Imaging
S40 – gradient set
RF coils
1H, 31P x 1H, 13C-H,13C-scoil
High Res.
3mm HCN/xyz gradient
5mm HCN/xyz gradient
Receivers
4 x broadband
1 x proton