Magnetic resonance imaging of cerebral involutional changes in dogs as markers of aging: An innovative tool adapted from a human visual rating scale

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 166-171

  Pugliese, Marco ^a   Carrasco, Josep Lluís ^a   Gomez Anson, Beatriz ^b   Andrade, Carmen ^a   Zamora, Angels ^c   Rodríguez, Manuel José ^a   Mascort, Joan ^d   Mahy, Nicole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

^c Medical Resonancia Magnetica S A   (Spain)

^d Ophthalmology Service   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brain aging; Canine cerebral atrophy; Hippocampus; Magnetic resonance imaging; Visual rating scale

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; BRACHYCEPHALY; BRAIN ATROPHY; BREEDING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; HEAD; HIPPOCAMPUS; INVOLUTION; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE;

AGING; ANIMALS; ATROPHY; CEREBRUM; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOGS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 78149414422     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2009.08.009     Document Type: Article

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