Neuronal and axonal degeneration in experimental spinal cord injury: In vivo proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy and histology

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 599-610

  Qian, Junchao ^a   Herrera, Juan J ^a   Narayana, Ponnada A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Choline; Histology; N acetyl aspartate; Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Rat; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

CREATINE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAY MATTER; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VIVO STUDY; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SPINAL CORD ATROPHY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SUPERIOR CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ACID; CHOLINE; CREATINE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; GLIOSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NERVE DEGENERATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TIME FACTORS; WALLERIAN DEGENERATION;

EID: 77950617581     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2009.1145     Document Type: Article

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