High-resolution functional magnetic resonance imaging of the rat brain: Mapping changes in cerebral blood volume using iron oxide contrast media

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1178-1183

  Van Bruggen, Nicholas ^a   Busch, Elmar ^b   Palmer, James T ^a   Williams, Simon Peter ^a   De Crespigny, Alexander J ^b  

^a GENENTECH INC   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral blood volume; Combidex; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Iron oxide contrast agent; Somatosensory activation

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DEOXYHEMOGLOBIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; ULTRASMALL SUPERPARAMAGNETIC IRON OXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYGEN BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY STIMULATION;

EID: 0031768905     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004647-199811000-00003     Document Type: Article

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