MRI of Late Microstructural and Metabolic Alterations in Radiation-Induced Brain Injuries

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1013-1020

  Chan, Kevin C ^a   Khong, Pek Ian ^a   Cheung, Matthew M ^a   Wang, Silun ^a   Cai, Ke Xia ^a   Wu, Ed X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Neurotoxicity; Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Radiotherapy; Rat brain; White matter

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; CREATINE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; LACTIC ACID; TAURINE; AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN RADIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; EVALUATION; HEMISPHERE; HIPPOCAMPAL FIMBRIA; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; METABOLIC DISORDER; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTON THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RADIATION INJURY; RAT; TREATMENT INDICATION; WHITE MATTER; ANIMAL; BRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; RADIATION INJURIES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 66149109627     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21736     Document Type: Article

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