Neuronal nitric oxide synthase mutant mice show smaller infarcts and attenuated apparent diffusion coefficient changes in the peri-infarct zone during focal cerebral ischemia

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 170-175

  Zaharchuk, Greg ^a,b   Hara, Hideaki ^b   Huang, Paul L ^b   Fishman, Mark C ^b   Moskowitz, Michael A ^b   Jenkins, Bruce G ^b   Rosen, Bruce R ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

diffusion MRI; focal ischemia; nitric oxide; transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

GENE EXPRESSION; MAGNETIC LOGIC DEVICES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NITRIC OXIDE; SURFACE DIFFUSION; TISSUE;

APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION MRIS; DIFFUSION-WEIGHTED MRI; FOCAL CEREBRAL ISCHEMIAS; FOCAL ISCHEMIA; HISTOCHEMICAL STAININGS; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSIONS; TRANSGENIC MICE;

MAMMALS;

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TISSUE INJURY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0031021445     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910370204     Document Type: Article

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