| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000)
Fiscal Year 2009: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2008: ¥3,250,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥750,000)
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| Research Abstract |
The purpose of this study was to establish a noninvasive imaging analysis for detecting neural degeneration in the experimental animals by using magnetic resonance (MR) imaging. In this study, manganese enhanced MR imaging was optimized as a tool to depict the normal neural pathways in non-human primates in vivo. Furthermore, diffusion tensor MR imaging was performed to detect the degeneration on the retinal projection pathways of the animals. Results of this study suggest that diffusion weighted MR imaging is a useful tool for noninvasive neuroimaging analysis in the experimental animals.
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