Thalamic inflammation after brain trauma is associated with thalamo-cortical white matter damage

Journal of Neuroinflammation

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Scott, Gregory ^a   Hellyer, Peter J ^a,b   Ramlackhansingh, Anil F ^a   Brooks, David J ^a,c   Matthews, Paul M ^a   Sharp, David J ^a,d  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Microglia; PK11195; Positron emission tomography; Thalamus; Translocator protein; Traumatic axonal injury; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

N SEC BUTYL 1 (2 CHLOROPHENYL) N METHYL 3 ISOQUINOLINECARBOXAMIDE C 11;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXONAL INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROGLIA; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; THALAMIC INFLAMMATION; THALAMO CORTICAL WHITE MATTER DAMAGE; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WHITE MATTER INJURY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN INJURY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; INFLAMMATION; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TRACT; SCINTISCANNING; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; THALAMUS; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84949225100     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17422094     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12974-015-0445-y     Document Type: Article

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