Ultrafast perfusion-weighted MRI of functional brain activation in rats during forepaw stimulation: Comparison with T2/*-weighted MRI

NMR in Biomedicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 20-23

  Kerskens, Christian M ^a   Hoehn Berlage, Mathias ^a   Schmitz, Bernd ^a   Busch, Elmar ^a   Bock, Christian ^a   Gyngell, Michael L ^a   Hossmann, Konstantin Alexander ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR NEUROLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

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EID: 0030086467     PISSN: 09523480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1492(199602)9:1<20::aid-nbm381>3.0.co;2-r     Document Type: Article

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