Unraveling the secrets of white matter - Bridging the gap between cellular, animal and human imaging studies

Neuroscience

Volumn 276, Issue , 2014, Pages 2-13

  Walhovd, K B ^a,b   Johansen Berg, H ^c   Karadottir R T ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anatomy; DTI; Functional imaging; Glial cell; Myelin; White matter

Indexed keywords

MYELIN; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ASTROCYTE; BRAIN SIZE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MICROGLIA; MICROSCOPY; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROCYTE PRECURSOR CELL; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPIN LABELING; WHITE MATTER; ANIMAL; BRAIN MAPPING; GLIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MYELIN SHEATH; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MYELIN SHEATH; NEUROGLIA; NEUROIMAGING; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84906791064     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2014.06.058     Document Type: Review

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