In vivo MRI analysis of an inflammatory injury in the developing brain

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 759-767

  Lodygensky, G A ^a,b   West, T ^b   Stump, M ^b   Holtzman, D M ^b,c   Inder, T E ^b,d   Neil, J J ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apparent diffusion coefficient; Diffusion tensor imaging; High field MRI; Inflammation; Lipopolysaccharide; Myelin; Periventricular leukomalacia; Radial diffusivity; White matter injury

Indexed keywords

LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MYELIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOSIS; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DEMYELINATION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RELAXATION TIME; STEREOTACTIC PROCEDURE; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 77953609280     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2009.11.005     Document Type: Article

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