In Multiple Sclerosis (MS), detection of T2-hyperintense white matter (WM) lesions on
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has become a crucial criterion for diagnosis and predicting …

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and mild cognitive impairment (MCI), the transitional clinical stage
between cognition in normal aging and dementia, have been linked to abnormalities in …

Among spinal tumors that occur intradurally, meningiomas, nerve sheath tumors, ependymomas,
and astrocytomas are the most common. While a spinal MRI is the state of the art to …

BACKGROUND: Pittsburgh Compound B ([ 11 C] PiB) is a specific positron emission tomography
(PET) marker of cerebral amyloid deposits. Only few data have been published on in …

As effective stroke treatment by thrombolysis is bound to a narrow time window excluding
most patients, numerous experimental treatment strategies have been developed to gain new …

Object The aim of surgical treatment of glioma is the complete resection of tumor tissue with
preservation of neurological function. Inclusion of diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) in the …

Hypoxia plays a central role in tumor stem cell genesis and is related to a more malignant
tumor phenotype, therapy resistance (eg in anti-angiogenic therapies) and radio-insensitivity. …

A blood oxygenation level‐dependent (BOLD)‐based apparent relative oxygen extraction
fraction (rOEF) as a semi‐quantitative marker of vascular deoxygenation has recently been …

Experimental human fetal neural progenitor cell (hfNPC) transplantation has proven to be a
promising therapeutic approach after traumatic brain injury (TBI). However, the long-term …

Experimental treatment strategies using human umbilical cord blood mononuclear cells (hUCB
MNCs) represent a promising option for alternative stroke therapies. An important point …