Diffusion Tensor Imaging Supports the Cytotoxic Origin of Brain Edema in a Rat Model of Acute Liver Failure

Gastroenterology

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1566-1573

  Chavarria, Laia ^a,b,c   Oria, Marc ^a,b,c   Romero Gimenez, Jordi ^a   Alonso, Juli ^a,b   Lope Piedrafita, Silvia ^c   Cordoba, Juan ^a,b,c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Blood Brain Barrier; Diffusion; Gravimetry; Hepatic Encephalopathy; In Vivo

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CARBON 14; GLUTAMINE; LACTIC ACID; SUCROSE; WATER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN WATER; CELL SWELLING; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GRAVIMETRY; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOGENESIS; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SHAM PROCEDURE; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 77949854341     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2009.10.003     Document Type: Article

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