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Neurodevelopment of C57B/L6 mouse brain assessed by in vivo diffusion tensor imaging

  1. Halima Chahboune1,2,3,
  2. Laura R. Ment2,
  3. William B. Stewart2,
  4. Xiaoxian Ma4,
  5. Douglas L. Rothman1,3,5,
  6. Fahmeed Hyder1,3,5,*

Article first published online: 24 APR 2007

DOI: 10.1002/nbm.1130

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NMR in Biomedicine

NMR in Biomedicine

Special Issue: MR of Transgenic Mice

Volume 20, Issue 3, pages 375–382, May 2007

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Chahboune, H., R. Ment, L., B. Stewart, W., Ma, X., Rothman, D. L. and Hyder, F. (2007), Neurodevelopment of C57B/L6 mouse brain assessed by in vivo diffusion tensor imaging. NMR Biomed., 20: 375–382. doi: 10.1002/nbm.1130

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  1. 1

    Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06510, USA

  2. 2

    Department of Pediatrics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06510, USA

  3. 3

    MRRC/QNMR, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06150, USA

  4. 4

    Department of Surgery, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06510, USA

  5. 5

    Department of Biomedical Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06510, USA

*N143 TAC, 300 Cedar Street, Magnetic Resonance Research Center, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06510, U.S.A.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 24 APR 2007
  2. Article first published online: 24 APR 2007
  3. Manuscript Revised: 2 NOV 2006
  4. Manuscript Accepted: 2 NOV 2006
  5. Manuscript Received: 25 JUN 2006

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  • National Institutes of Health. Grant Numbers: R01 DC-03710, R01 MH-67528, P30 NS-52519, P01 NS-35476

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