Volumetric magnetic resonance imaging of dorsal root ganglia for the objective quantitative assessment of neuron death after peripheral nerve injury

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 203, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 22-33

  West, Christian A ^a,b,c   Davies, Karen A ^a   Hart, Andrew M ^a,b,c,d   Wiberg, Mikael ^b,c   Williams, Steve R ^a   Terenghi, Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d CANNIESBURN PLASTIC SURGERY UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Axotomy; Dorsal root ganglia; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neuroprotection; Optical fractionator; Peripheral nerve injury; Quantification; Sciatic nerve; Sensory neuron death; Volumetry

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CELL DEATH; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; IMAGE QUALITY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NERVE TRANSECTION; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL GANGLION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEREOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; AXOTOMY; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GANGLIA, SPINAL; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 33751398481     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2006.07.013     Document Type: Article

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