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Magnetic resonance measurements of cellular and sub-cellular membrane structures in live and fixed neural tissue.

Nathan H Williamson, Rea Ravin, Dan Benjamini, Hellmut Merkle, Melanie Falgairolle, Michael James O'Donovan, Dvir Blivis, Dave Ide, Teddy X Cai, Nima S Ghorashi and 2 more

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Article in eLife, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers.

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12 authors.

Nathan H Williamson *Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-0221-9121
Rea Ravin *Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States.
Dan BenjaminiEunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States.
Hellmut MerkleNational Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States.
Melanie FalgairolleNational Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-5243-4714
Michael James O'DonovanNational Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-2487-7547
Dvir BlivisNational Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-6203-7325
Dave IdeNational Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States.
Teddy X CaiEunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States.
Nima S GhorashiCardiovascular Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States.
Ruiliang BaiEunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States.
Peter J BasserEunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-4795-6088

Funding

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Intramural Research Program (IRP)NHLBI NIH HHS IRPNIMH NIH HHS Intramural Research Program (IRP)NIMH NIH HHS IRPNINDS NIH HHS Intramural Research Program (IRP)NINDS NIH HHS IRP
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We develop magnetic resonance (MR) methods for real-time measurement of tissue microstructure and membrane permeability of live and fixed excised neonatal mouse spinal cords. Diffusion and exchange MR measurements are performed using the strong static gradient produced by a single-sided permanent magnet. Using tissue delipidation methods, we show that water diffusion is restricted solely by lipid membranes. Most of the diffusion signal can be assigned to water in tissue which is far from membranes. The remaining 25% can be assigned to water restricted on length scales of roughly a micron or less, near or within membrane structures at the cellular, organelle, and vesicle levels. Diffusion exchange spectroscopy measures water exchanging between membrane structures and free environments at 100 s

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Action PotentialsAnimalsAnimals, NewbornAnisotropyAnterior Horn CellsBody WaterCell MembraneDetergentsDeuteriumDiffusionDiffusion Magnetic Resonance ImagingEquipment DesignIntracellular MembranesMagnetic Resonance SpectroscopyMembrane LipidsMiceDetergentsDeuteriumMembrane LipidsOctoxynolcell biologymembrane permeabilitymembrane structuremousenuclear magnetic resonanceporous mediaspinal cordwater diffusion

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PMID31829935
PMCPMC6977971

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