Imaging corticospinal tract connectivity in injured rat spinal cord using manganese-enhanced MRI

BMC Medical Imaging

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Bilgen, Mehmet ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANGANESE CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EX VIVO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RAT; SIGNAL DETECTION; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD INJURY; THORACIC SPINE;

EID: 33845455457     PISSN: 14712342     EISSN: 14712342     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2342-6-15     Document Type: Article

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