Magnetization transfer and diffusion imaging of acute axonal damage in the cerebral peduncle following hypoxia-ischemia in neonatal rats

Pediatric Research

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 325-331

  Tuor, Ursula I ^a,b   Qiao, Min ^a   Morgunov, Melissa ^a   Fullerton, Emily ^a   Foniok, Tadeusz ^a   Kirton, Adam ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AXONAL INJURY; BRAIN HYPOXIA; CAROTID ARTERY LIGATION; CEREBRAL PEDUNCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HYPOXIC ISCHEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; LEFT HEMISPHERE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PARIETAL CORTEX; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RAT; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THALAMUS; WATER ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AXONS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HYPOXIA-ISCHEMIA, BRAIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RATS; TEGMENTUM MESENCEPHALI; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84874080165     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: 15300447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/pr.2012.178     Document Type: Article

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