Early diffusion-weighted MRI predicts regional neuronal damage in generalized status epilepticus in rats treated with diazepam

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 417, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 275-280

  Engelhorn, T ^a   Weise, J ^b   Hammen, T ^a   Bluemcke, I ^a   Hufnagel, A ^c   Doerfler, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

DWI; MRI; Pilocarpine; Rat; Seizures; Status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

CRESOL; CRESYL VIOLET; DIAZEPAM; DYE; PILOCARPINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DRUG MEGADOSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPILEPTIC STATE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; MALE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; CONVULSANTS; DIAZEPAM; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPILEPSY; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34247130019     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2007.02.072     Document Type: Article

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