The influence of gender on 'tissue at risk' in acute stroke: A diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging study in a rat model of focal cerebral ischaemia

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 381-386

  Baskerville, Tracey A ^a   Macrae, I Mhairi ^a   Holmes, William M ^a   McCabe, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute stroke; diffusion weighted MRI; gender; MCAO

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; GENDER; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; ANIMAL; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; IMAGE PROCESSING; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STROKE;

EID: 84961314143     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: 15597016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0271678X15606137     Document Type: Article

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