Diffusion tensor imaging detects axonal injury and demyelination in the spinal cord and cranial nerves of a murine model of globoid cell leukodystrophy

NMR in Biomedicine

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1100-1106

  Hofling, A Alex ^a   Kim, Joong Hee ^a   Fantz, Corinne R ^b   Sands, Mark S ^a   Song, Sheng Kwei ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Axial diffusivity; Axonal damage; Demyelination; Diffusion tensor imaging; Globoid cell leukodystrophy; Radial diffusivity; Spinal cord; Twitcher mouse

Indexed keywords

AXIAL DIFFUSIVITY; AXONAL DAMAGE; DEMYELINATION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; RADIAL DIFFUSIVITY; SPINAL CORDS;

DAMAGE DETECTION; DIFFUSION; DOSIMETRY; EYE PROTECTION;

TENSORS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; AXONAL INJURY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NERVE; DEMYELINATION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; GLOBOID CELL LEUKODYSTROPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MOUSE; NEUROFILAMENT; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; SPINE; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CRANIAL NERVES; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMANS; LEUKODYSTROPHY, GLOBOID CELL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, NEUROLOGIC MUTANTS; SPINAL CORD;

MURINAE; MUS;

EID: 73349136263     PISSN: 09523480     EISSN: 10991492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nbm.1420     Document Type: Article

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