2015
Investigation of prolonged hypobaric hypoxia-induced change in rat brain using T2 relaxometry and diffusion tensor imaging at 7T
Koundal S, Gandhi S, Kaur T, Trivedi R, Khushu S. Investigation of prolonged hypobaric hypoxia-induced change in rat brain using T2 relaxometry and diffusion tensor imaging at 7T. Neuroscience 2015, 289: 106-113. PMID: 25592421, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2014.12.049.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCorpus callosumDiffusion tensor imagingHH exposureADC valuesEdema formationT2 relaxometryGroups of ratsApparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) changesCytotoxic edema formationHypoxia-induced changesWater diffusion changesCytotoxic edemaHippocampal regionRat brainHH groupT2 valuesIron depositionTensor imagingRatsMagnetic resonance imaging modalitiesImaging modalitiesDiffusion changesHippocampusDiffusion tensorMRI modalities
2014
Neurometabolic and structural alterations in rat brain due to acute hypobaric hypoxia: in vivo 1H MRS at 7 T
Koundal S, Gandhi S, Kaur T, Khushu S. Neurometabolic and structural alterations in rat brain due to acute hypobaric hypoxia: in vivo 1H MRS at 7 T. NMR In Biomedicine 2014, 27: 341-347. PMID: 24395642, DOI: 10.1002/nbm.3068.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute hypobaric hypoxiaHypobaric hypoxiaRat brainHH exposureCA2/CA3 regionDays of normoxiaMetabolite levelsProcess of demyelinationMyo-inositol levelsDays post exposureVivo 1H MRSEarly risk assessmentGlutamatergic neuronsNeurometabolic changesAstrocyte metabolismCA3 regionN-acetylaspartateHippocampus regionMetabolic alterationsPost exposureMetabolic changesNormoxiaBrainFourth dayFirst day