Development and application of quantitative MRI methods for assessing white matter integrity in the mouse brain

Healthy white matter in the brain and spinal cord is composed primarily of myelinated axons and glial cells. Myelinated axons transfer information between the peripheral nervous system and the central nervous system (CNS) as well as between centres within the CNS. Demyelination, a hallmark of neurod...

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Main Author: Thiessen, Jonathan
Other Authors: Martin, Melanie (Physics and Astronomy)
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1993/9221