Diffusion tensor imaging of white matter pathology in the mouse brain

Imaging in Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 623-632

  Zhang, Jiangyang ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

brain; diffusion tensor imaging; mouse; MRI; pathology; spinal cord; white matter

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN SIZE; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EX VIVO STUDY; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; GRAY MATTER; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 79952158860     PISSN: 17555191     EISSN: 17555205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/iim.10.60     Document Type: Review

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