Investigation of whole-brain white matter identifies altered water mobility in the pathogenesis of high-altitude headache

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1286-1294

  Lawley, Justin S ^a,b   Oliver, Samuel J ^a   Mullins, Paul G ^a   MacDonald, Jamie H ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL OF DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

altitude illness; diffusion tensor imaging; hypoxia; magnetic resonance imaging; T2 relaxation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN WATER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HEADACHE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; HYPOXIA; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAXATION TIME; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; ANISOTROPY; ANOXIA; BODY WATER; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; BRAIN EDEMA; CARBON DIOXIDE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HEADACHE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881144214     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: 15597016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jcbfm.2013.83     Document Type: Article

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