N(G)-Nitro-L-Arginine Methyl Ester modifies the input function measured by dynamic susceptibility contrast magnetic resonance imaging

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 791-800

  Mottet, Isabelle ^a   Quast, Michael J ^b,c   Dewitt, Douglas S ^c   Hillman, Gilbert R ^c   Wei, Jingna ^b   Uhrbrock, David H ^c   Perez Polo, J Regino ^c   Kent, Thomas A ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^c University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Brain perfusion; Dynamics; L NAME; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

N(G) NITRO DEXTRO ARGININE METHYL ESTER; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; MEGLUMINE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; PENTETIC ACID; PHENYLEPHRINE; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN PERFUSION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMODYNAMICS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ANIMAL; BRAIN CIRCULATION; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; INDICATOR DILUTION CURVE; METHODOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME;

ANIMALS; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; DRUG COMBINATIONS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GADOLINIUM DTPA; INDICATOR DILUTION TECHNIQUES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEGLUMINE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITROPRUSSIDE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PENTETIC ACID; PHENYLEPHRINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIME FACTORS; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0030612508     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004647-199707000-00009     Document Type: Article

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