Early pathological alterations of lower lumbar cords detected by ultrahigh-field MRI in a mouse multiple sclerosis model

International Immunology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 93-101

  Mori, Yuki ^a   Murakami, Masaaki ^b   Arima, Yasunobu ^b   Zhu, Dasong ^a   Terayama, Yasuo ^c   Komai, Yutaka ^a   Nakatsuji, Yuji ^d   Kamimura, Daisuke ^b   Yoshioka, Yoshichika ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

EAE; Lumbar cords; MRI; Spinal cords

Indexed keywords

EAE; LUMBAR CORDS; MRI; SPINAL CORDS;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ANIMALS; BLOOD VESSELS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; CELL MOVEMENT; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, AUTOIMMUNE, EXPERIMENTAL; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; SPINAL CORD; SPONDYLITIS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 84894107520     PISSN: 09538178     EISSN: 14602377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intimm/dxt044     Document Type: Article

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