Three-dimensional micro-MRI analysis of cerebral artery development in mouse embryos

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1431-1439

  Berrios Otero, Cesar A ^a   Wadghiri, Youssef Zaim ^a   Nieman, Brian J ^a   Joyner, Alexandra L ^b   Turnbull, Daniel H ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Basilar artery; Carotid artery; Gli2 mutant mice; Vascular development

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAMMALS;

ANGIOGENESIS; BASILAR ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY; MUTANT MICE; VASCULAR DEVELOPMENT;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

GADOLINIUM; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GLI2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXTRACT; FEMALE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GEOMETRY; GESTATIONAL AGE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHENOTYPE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WILD TYPE;

EID: 73149124289     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.22113     Document Type: Article

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