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  • Title: Temporal evolution and spatial distribution of the diffusion constant of water in rat brain after transient middle cerebral artery occlusion.
    Author: Jiang Q, Zhang ZG, Chopp M, Helpern JA, Ordidge RJ, Garcia JH, Marchese BA, Qing ZX, Knight RA.
    Journal: J Neurol Sci; 1993 Dec 15; 120(2):123-30. PubMed ID: 8138799.
    Abstract:
    The regional distribution and temporal evolution of the diffusion coefficient (Dw) of water in rat brain was measured during and after transient middle cerebral artery (MCA) occlusion. Male Wistar rats (n = 14) were subjected to 2 h of middle cerebral artery occlusion, induced by intracarotid insertion of a filament. Diffusion (n = 14) and perfusion (n = 7) weighted magnetic resonance imaging were performed before, and at various time points after MCA occlusion, ranging from 30 min up to 7 days. Our data demonstrate that the temporal profiles of Dw differ between the severely and the least damaged regions of tissue. In the core of the lesion, where the tissue evolved to necrosis, Dw declined significantly (P < 0.001) within 0.5 h after onset of ischemia, and remained depressed until 24 h after withdrawal of the suture. However, no statistically significant decline in Dw was found in the perifocal regions containing morphologically intact cells. Perfusion MRI qualitatively exhibited a hypoperfusion and reperfusion during, and after 2 h MCA occlusion, respectively. A significant (r > or = 0.71, P < 0.01) correlation was found between delta Dw (the difference in Dw between the ipsilateral ischemic and homologous contralateral control regions) obtained immediately before withdrawal of the suture (2 h of ischemia) and at specific early time points after withdrawal of the suture, and the degree of ischemic cell damage. No significant (P > 0.01) correlation was detected at an early time points of ischemia or at other time points after withdrawal of the suture.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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