Three-dimensional high-resolution diffusion tensor imaging and tractography of the developing rabbit brain

Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 262-275

  D'Arceuil, Helen ^a   Liu, Christina ^a   Levitt, Pat ^b   Thompson, Barbara ^b   Kosofsky, Barry ^c   De Crespigny, Alex ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental changes in regional diffusion anisotropy; Three dimensional high resolution diffusion tensor imaging, rabbit brain; Tractography, rabbit brain

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN DISEASE; CONGENITAL DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EX VIVO STUDY; FIMBRIA; NERVE GROWTH; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RABBIT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; FORNIX, BRAIN; GYRUS CINGULI; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; RABBITS;

EID: 43249090924     PISSN: 03785866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000110503     Document Type: Article

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