Neurotolerability of gadobenate dimeglumine in a rat model of focal brain ischemia: EEG evaluation

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 262-267

  La Noce, Anna ^a   Frigeni, Viviana ^a   Demicheli, Federica ^a   Miragoli, Luigi ^a   Tirone, Piero ^a  

^a Bracco SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

BBB disruption; Brain ischemia; EEG recording; Gadobenate dimeglumine; Neurotolerability

Indexed keywords

GADOBENATE DIMEGLUMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE;

EID: 0032896061     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004424-199904000-00002     Document Type: Article

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