Non-1 invasive imaging of CSF-mediated brain clearance pathways via assessment of perivascular fluid movement with diffusion tensor MRI

eLife

Volumn 7, Issue , 2018, Pages

  Harrison, I F ^a   Siow, B ^a,b   Akilo, A B ^a   Evans, P G ^a   Ismail, O ^a   Ohene, Y ^a   Nahavandi, P ^a   Thomas, D L ^c   Lythgoe, M F ^a,c   Wells, J A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b THE FRANCIS CRICK INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer s disease; Amyloid; A ; Cerebral spinal fluid; Diffusion tensor; DTI; Glymphatics; Interstitial fluid; MRI; Paravascular; Perivascular

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PULSE WAVE; RAT; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BRAIN; FLOW KINETICS; METABOLISM; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RHEOLOGY;

EID: 85052156239     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2050084X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.34028     Document Type: Article

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