Magnetic resonance angiography of the rat cerebrovascular system without the use of contrast agents

NMR in Biomedicine

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 189-196

  Reese, Torsten ^a   Bochelen, Damien ^a   Sauter, André ^a   Beckmann, Nicolau ^a   Rudin, Markus ^a  

^a NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance angiography (MRA); Middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO); Rat brain; Reperfusion; Stroke; Time of flight MRA; Transient cerebral ischemia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CIRCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMAGE QUALITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPERFUSION; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032765684     PISSN: 09523480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1492(199906)12:4<189::AID-NBM557>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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