Multimodal Spinal Cord MRI for Temporal Characterization of Posttraumatic Vascular, Metabolic and Structural Events in a Mouse Model of Spinal Cord Injury.

Virginie Callot¹, Mohamed Tachrount¹, Jrme Laurin², Andr Maus de Paula³, Tanguy Marqueste², Patrick Decherchi², Patrick J. Cozzone¹, Guillaume Duhamel¹

In this work, a multimodal MRI approach, including diffusion tensor imaging, perfusion imaging and MR spectroscopy, was applied in a follow-up study dedicated to the characterization of posttraumatic events consecutive to moderate and severe mouse spinal cord contusion injury.