Evaluation of the pathologic characteristics of excitotoxic spinal cord injury with MR imaging

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1612-1622

  Berens, Sara A ^a   Colvin, Daniel C ^c   Yu, Chen Guang ^a   Yezierski, Robert P ^a,b   Mareci, Thomas H ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; QUISQUALIC ACID; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; EXCITOTOXICITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; ANIMAL; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; INTRASPINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PATHOLOGY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEMORRHAGE; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; QUISQUALIC ACID; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASES;

EID: 24344445557     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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