The translational role of diffusion tensor image analysis in animal models of developmental pathologies

Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 5-19

  Oguz, Ipek ^a,b   McMurray, Matthew S ^c,d   Styner, Martin ^a,b   Johns, Josephine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Brooks Computer Science Building   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Developing brain; Diffusion tensor imaging; Imaging; Neonatal; Neuroanatomy; Psychiatric disorders; Rodent; White matter damage

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AUTOPSY; BRAIN; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN SIZE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IN VIVO STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TRACTOGRAPHY; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 84864284364     PISSN: 03785866     EISSN: 14219859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000336825     Document Type: Review

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