Present status of magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy in animal stroke models

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 591-604

  Weber, Ralph ^a   Ramos Cabrer, Pedro ^a   Hoehn, Mathias ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR NEUROLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

fMRI; Magnetic resonance imaging; MRI; Rodent brain; Stem cell tracking; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

BRAIN METABOLISM; CONVALESCENCE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEMODYNAMICS; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEM CELL; STROKE; TECHNIQUE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 33646366429     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jcbfm.9600241     Document Type: Review

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