Regional specificity of magnetic resonance imaging and histopathology following cerebral ischemia in preterm fetal sheep

Reproductive Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 182-191

  Fraser, Mhoyra ^a   Bennet, Laura ^b   Helliwell, Rachel ^b   Wells, Scott ^c   Williams, Christopher ^a   Gluckman, Peter ^a   Gunn, Alistair J ^b   Inder, Terrie ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c Washington University ^*  (New Zealand)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral ischemia; Fetal sheep; Magnetic resonance imaging; White matter injury

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; GRAY MATTER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; ANIMAL; BRAIN; BRAIN INFARCTION; CYTOCHEMISTRY; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE MODEL; FEMALE; FETUS DISEASE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; THALAMUS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FETUS; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; HYPOXIA-ISCHEMIA, BRAIN; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; THALAMUS;

EID: 34648834941     PISSN: 19337191     EISSN: 19337205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1933719107299612     Document Type: Article

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