Stimulation-induced decreases in the diffusion of extra-vascular water in the human visual cortex: A window in time and space on mechanisms of brain water transport and economy

Journal of Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 639-648

  Baslow, Morris H ^a   Hu, Caixia ^a   Guilfoyle, David N ^a  

^a NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Canavan disease; Diffusion weighted imaging; Molecular water pumps; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN WATER; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION; WATER TRANSPORT;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BODY WATER; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863872083     PISSN: 08958696     EISSN: 15591166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12031-011-9700-6     Document Type: Article

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