Is multicomponent T2 a good measure of myelin content in peripheral nerve?

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 638-645

  Webb, Stephanie ^a   Munro, Catherine A ^a   Midha, Rajiv ^a,b   Stanisz, Greg J ^a,b  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Axonal loss; Histomorphometry; Inflammation; MRI; Myelin; Sciatic nerve; T2 relaxation; Wallerian degeneration

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY;

HISTOMORPHOMETRY; INFLAMMATION; MYELIN; SCIATIC NERVES; T2 RELAXATION; WALLERIAN DEGENERATION;

COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS;

MYELIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE INJURY; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL NERVE; RAT; REMYELINIZATION; SCIATIC NERVE; ANIMAL; INJURY; LEWIS RAT; METABOLISM; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE CRUSH; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE CRUSH; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; SCIATIC NERVE; WALLERIAN DEGENERATION;

EID: 0037380937     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.10411     Document Type: Article

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