MR imaging of postischemic neuronal death in the substantia nigra and thalamus following middle cerebral artery occlusion in rats

NMR in Biomedicine

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 152-159

  Abe, O ^a   Nakane, M ^b   Aoki, S ^a   Hayashi, N ^a   Masumoto, T ^a   Kunimatsu, A ^a   Mori, H ^a   Tamura, A ^b   Ohtomo, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apparent diffusion coefficient; Magnetic resonance imaging; Middle cerebral artery occlusion; Postischemic neuronal death; Substantia nigra; T2 relaxation time; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; DIFFUSION; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS;

RELAXATION TIME;

BIOLOGY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RELAXATION TIME; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; THALAMUS;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; THALAMUS;

EID: 0042130037     PISSN: 09523480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nbm.823     Document Type: Article

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