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1. Introduction
2. Imaging neurovascular health and disease
3. MRI scanner cutaway
4. Basic principles of magnetic resonance
5. MRI signal is dependent on protons properties
6. MR contrast agents
7. MRI: a versatile neuroimaging tool
8. Functional MRI
9. BOLD MRI
10. First application of BOLD MRI concept
11. Bold fMRI
12. fMRI applications
13. fMRI after cerebrovascular injury
14. Shifts in motor activation patterns after stroke
15. fMRI studies in laboratory animals
16. Drawbacks in the field of fMRI
17. fMRI - promises, pitfalls and recommendations
18. MRI of the neurovascular unit
19. MRI of blood-brain barrier permeability
20. Contrast enhancement precedes hemorrhage
21. Clinical studies in stroke patients
22. Cellular and molecular MRI
23. Cellular MRI
24. In vivo labeling of macrophages
25. In vitro labeling of cells
26. MRI of macrophage infiltration in ischemic stroke
27. MRI of monocyte infiltration in MS patients
28. Molecular MRI
29. Molecular MRI agents
30. Molecular MRI of cell adhesion molecules
31. Upregulation of cell adhesion detection by MRI
32. Summary
33. Acknowledgements

Topics Covered

• Imaging neurovascular health and disease
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• Functional MRI
• Bold MRI
• Function MRI after cerebrovascular injury
• MRI of blood-brain barrier permeability
• Cellular MRI
• Molecular MRI
• MRI of neurovascular unit

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Series:

• The Blood-Brain Barrier

Categories:

• Clinical Practice
• Methods
• Neuroscience

Therapeutic Areas:

• Neurology

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Publication History

• Published on November 17, 2009
• Archived on May 28, 2025

Financial Disclosures

• Dr. Rick Dijkhuizen has not informed HSTalks of any commercial/financial relationship that it is appropriate to disclose.