title: Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Stroke in the Rat.
abstract: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is now a routine neuroimaging tool in the clinic. Throughout all phases of stroke from acute to chronic, MRI plays an important role to diagnose, evaluate and monitor the cerebral tissue undergoing stroke. This review provides a description of various MRI methods and an overview of selected MRI studies, with an embolic stroke model of rat, performed in the MRI laboratory of Department of Neurology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, US.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit 48202, USA.
authors.forename: Guang-Liang
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit 48202, USA.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chopp
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit 48202, USA.
authors.forename: Lian
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit 48202, USA.
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit 48202, USA.
authors.forename: Zheng-Gang
authors.initials: ZG
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit 48202, USA.
authors.forename: Qing-Jiang
authors.initials: QJ
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit 48202, USA.
authors.forename: Quan
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Jiang
keywords: MRI; rat; stroke