Diffusion tensor MRI of axonal plasticity in the rat hippocampus

NeuroImage

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 521-530

  Laitinen, Teemu ^a   Sierra, Alejandra ^a   Pitkänen, Asla ^a,b   Gröhn, Olli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Dentate gyrus; Diffusion tensor imaging; Epileptogenesis; Fractional anisotropy; Rat; Structural plasticity

Indexed keywords

KAINIC ACID; PILOCARPINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AXONAL INJURY; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EPILEPTIC STATE; EX VIVO STUDY; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; NONMYELINATED NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; CONVULSANTS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; KAINIC ACID; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PILOCARPINE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 77951976568     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.02.077     Document Type: Article

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