Neurotoxic potential of gadodiamide after injection into the lateral cerebral ventricle of rats

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1455-1462

  Ray, David E ^a   Holton, Janice L ^b   Nolan, Christopher C ^a   Cavanagh, John B ^c   Harpur, Ernest S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Alnwick Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHELATING AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADODIAMIDE; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE MEGLUMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; HYPERTROPHY; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MALE; MYOCLONUS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ANIMALS; AROUSAL; BRAIN; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CONTRAST MEDIA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GADOLINIUM DTPA; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MALE; MYOCLONUS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344;

EID: 0032231923     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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