Changes in the Diffusion of Water and Intracellular Metabolites After Excitotoxic Injury and Global Ischemia in Neonatal Rat Brain
Dijkhuizen R, de Graaf R, Tulleken K, Nicolay K. Changes in the Diffusion of Water and Intracellular Metabolites After Excitotoxic Injury and Global Ischemia in Neonatal Rat Brain. Cerebrovascular And Brain Metabolism Reviews 1999, 19: 341-349. PMID: 10078886, DOI: 10.1097/00004647-199903000-00012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeonatal rat brainMetabolite apparent diffusion coefficientsGlobal ischemiaApparent diffusion coefficientADC dropExcitotoxic injuryRat brainN-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) injectionAcute cerebral ischemiaDiffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imagingBrain metabolite levelsMagnetic resonance imagingBrain temperature changesTissue deoxygenationCerebral ischemiaNMDA injectionContralateral valuesCytotoxic edemaMetabolites taurineBrain tissue waterN-acetylaspartateIschemiaWater apparent diffusion coefficientResonance imagingEarly alterations