Magnetic resonance angiography of carotid and cerebral arterial occlusion in rats using a clinical scanner

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 176-183

  Yang, Yan Mei ^a   Feng, XiaoYuan ^a   Yao, Zhen Wei ^a   Tang, Wei Jun ^a   Liu, Han Qiu ^a   Zhang, Li ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bilateral common carotid artery occlusion; Cerebral ischemia; Chronic cerebral hypoperfusion; Magnetic resonance angiography; Middle cerebral artery occlusion; Model; Rat

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY LIGATION; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PERFUSION; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE MODEL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PARENCHYMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPERFUSION; SIGNAL DETECTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIME OF FLIGHT MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN MAPPING; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 36849010241     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2007.08.005     Document Type: Article

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