High-resolution myelin water measurements in rat spinal cord

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 796-802

  Kozlowski, Piotr ^a   Liu, Jie ^b   Yung, Andrew C ^a   Tetzlaff, Wolfram ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION ON REPAIR DISCOVERIES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Myelin water; Rat spinal cord; Spinal cord injury; White matter

Indexed keywords

PATIENT REHABILITATION; RATS;

HIGH RESOLUTION; MYELIN WATER FRACTIONS; NONNEGATIVE LEAST SQUARES; RAT SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES (SCI); WATER MEASUREMENTS; WHITE MATTER; WHITE MATTER DAMAGES;

RAT CONTROL;

MYELIN; MYELIN WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EX VIVO STUDY; GRAY MATTER; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MYELIN WATER FRACTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RAT; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE; STAINING; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 41849150767     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.21527     Document Type: Article

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