An absolute measurement of brain water content using magnetic resonance imaging in two focal cerebral ischemic rat models

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 37-44

  Lin, Weili ^a,b,e   Venkatesan, Ramesh ^d   Gurleyik, Kilichan ^b   He, Yong Y ^c   Powers, William J ^a,c   Hsu, Chung Y ^c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d General Electric Company India   (India)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain water content; Cerebral ischemia; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN WATER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAD INJURY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 0033957724     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004647-200001000-00007     Document Type: Article

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