High-resolution MRI of intact and transected rat spinal cord

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 299-312

  Fraidakis, Matt ^a   Klason, Thomas ^a   Cheng, Henrich ^a,b,c   Olson, Lars ^a   Spenger, Christian ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Apparent diffusion coefficient; Magnetic resonance imaging; Microscopy; Rat; Spinal cord; Spinal cord injury; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; GRAY MATTER; HINDLIMB; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MYELOGRAPHY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION;

EID: 0032192503     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1998.6897     Document Type: Article

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