In vivo longitudinal MRI and behavioral studies in experimental spinal cord injury

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1753-1767

  Sundberg, Laura M ^a   Herrera, Juan J ^a   Narayana, Ponnada A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

behavioral assays; diffusion tensor imaging; magnetic resonance imaging; rat spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

MYELIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FUNCTION TEST; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROFILAMENT; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLIGODENDROGLIA; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; SENSATION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOLUMETRY; VON FREY FILAMENT TEST; WALKING; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAMINECTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 77958198959     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2010.1369     Document Type: Article

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