Magnetic resonance microimaging of the spinal cord in the SOD1 mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis detects motor nerve root degeneration

NeuroImage

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 69-74

  Cowin, Gary J ^a   Butler, Tim J ^a   Kurniawan, Nyoman D ^a   Watson, Charles ^b   Wallace, Robyn H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; SOD1; Spinal cord magnetic resonance microimaging

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL ROOT; EX VIVO STUDY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MICROSCOPY; MOTOR NERVE; MOUSE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TRANSGENE; VENTRAL ROOT; WHITE MATTER;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE DEGENERATION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 79960637593     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.06.003     Document Type: Article

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