Aldehyde fixative solutions alter the water relaxation and diffusion properties of nervous tissue

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 26-34

  Shepherd, Timothy M ^a   Thelwall, Peter E ^b   Stanisz, Greg J ^c,f   Blackband, Stephen J ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain slice; Formaldehyde; Glutaraldehyde; Mathematical model; Water exchange

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RATS; SURFACE DIFFUSION;

APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; BRAIN SLICES; DIFFUSION PROPERTIES; GLUTARALDEHYDES; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; PHOSPHATE-BUFFERED SALINES; WATER EXCHANGE; WATER EXCHANGE RATES;

TISSUE;

ALDEHYDE; FIXATIVE; FORMALDEHYDE; PHOSPHATE BUFFERED SALINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVOUS TISSUE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; WATER IMMERSION;

EID: 67650088849     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.21977     Document Type: Article

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