Imaging Corticospinal Degeneration in Neonatal Rats with Unilateral Cerebral Infarction

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 228, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 192-199

  Lama, S ^a   Qiao, M ^b   Kirton, A ^a   Sun, S ^a   Cheng, E ^a   Foniok, T ^b   Tuor, U I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Axonal degeneration; Brain hypoxia ischemia; Diffusion; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; T2

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBRAL PEDUNCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NEUROFILAMENT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ASPHYXIA NEONATORUM; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOXIA-ISCHEMIA, BRAIN; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; WALLERIAN DEGENERATION;

EID: 79952704496     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2011.01.002     Document Type: Article

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