Application of magnetic resonance diffusion anisotropy imaging for the assessment neuroprotecting effects of MPEP, a selective mGluR5 antagonist, on the rat spinal cord injury in vivo

Pharmacological Reports

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 861-866

  Banasik, Tomasz ^a   Jasiński, Andrzej ^a,d   Pilc, Andrzej ^b,c   Majcher, Katarzyna ^a   Brzegowy, Paweł ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHARMACOLOGY   (Poland)

^c JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^d PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

MPEP; MRI; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

2 METHYL 6 (PHENYLETHYNYL)PYRIDINE; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 5; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; IN VIVO STUDY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPEN FIELD TEST; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33645672194     PISSN: 22995684     EISSN: 22995684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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