Gadofluorine M-enhanced MRI shows involvement of circumventricular organs in neuroinflammation

Journal of Neuroinflammation

Volumn 7, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Wuerfel, Eva ^a,b   Infante Duarte, Carmen ^a   Glumm, Robert ^a   Wuerfel, Jens T ^a,b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOFLUORINE M; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE MEGLUMINE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING AGENT; PROTEOLIPID PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CONTRAST MEDIUM; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AREA POSTREMA; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN SLICE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CHOROID PLEXUS; CIRCUMVENTRICULAR ORGAN; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNIZATION; IN VIVO STUDY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MACROPHAGE; MICROGLIA; MOUSE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NEURITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBFORNICAL ORGAN; T LYMPHOCYTE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; BRAIN; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MONOCYTE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; CONTRAST MEDIA; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, AUTOIMMUNE, EXPERIMENTAL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; INFLAMMATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICE; MONOCYTES; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 77957900453     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17422094     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-2094-7-70     Document Type: Article

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