Effects of Ginkgo biloba on cerebral blood flow assessed by quantitative MR perfusion imaging: A pilot study

Neuroradiology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 185-191

  Mashayekh, Ameneh ^a   Pham, Dzung L ^a   Yousem, David M ^a   Dizon, Mercedes ^a   Barker, Peter B ^a   Lin, Doris D M ^a  

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

Author keywords

Cerebral blood flow; Dementia; Ginkgo; MR perfusion

Indexed keywords

GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; DRUG EFFECT; DYNAMIC SUSCEPTIBILITY CONTRAST ENHANCED MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WHITE MATTER;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; GINKGO BILOBA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PLANT EXTRACTS;

EID: 79954422863     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-010-0790-6     Document Type: Article

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