Magnetic resonance imaging of experimental mumps meningoencephalitis in suckling hamsters.
Mumps virus-infected and normal newborn hamster brains were imaged with magnetic resonance (MR) within 24 h after birth and serially scanned. Hydrocephalus developed explosively on Day 6 postinfection and progressed until death occurred soon after Day 10. This study demonstrates the utility of MR in the investigation of experimental viral encephalitis in very small laboratory animals.
D000818:Animals; D000833:Animals, Suckling; D006224:Cricetinae; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008590:Meningoencephalitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D009107:Mumps / Q000150:complications*