Early microstructural and metabolic changes following controlled cortical impact injury in rat: A magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy study

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2091-2102

  Xu, Su ^a   Zhuo, Jiachen ^a   Racz, Jennifer ^a   Shi, Da ^a   Roys, Steven ^a   Fiskum, Gary ^a   Gullapalli, Rao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

controlled cortical impact; diffusion tensor imaging; early changes; MR spectroscopy; traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCEROPHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; INOSITOL; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; TAURINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED CORTICAL IMPACT INJURY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RAT; THALAMUS; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; BRAIN INJURIES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 80054726671     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2010.1739     Document Type: Article

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