Browsing by Subject "central nervous system"

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    • Functions of the viral attachment protein in reovirus neurovirulence 
      Sutherland, Danica Marie (2018-08-22)
      Department: Microbiology and Immunology
      Viral encephalitis is a serious and life-threatening inflammation of the central nervous system (CNS). However, mechanisms of viral neuroinvasion and disease pathogenesis in the CNS are often poorly understood. Mammalian ...
    • Optical Characterization of Pulsed Infrared Light Evoked Cortical Brain Activity 
      Cayce, Jonathan Matthew (2013-04-01)
      Department: Biomedical Engineering
      Infrared neural stimulation (INS) uses pulsed infrared light to directly stimulate neural tissue with high spatiotemporal precision and is well documented for peripheral nerve applications; however, prior to this dissertation, ...
    • Quantitative magnetization transfer imaging techniques and applications. 
      Ou, Xiawei (2007-11-29)
      Department: Physics
      This dissertation discusses magnetization transfer effects in magnetic resonance imaging and the development and applications of quantitative magnetization transfer imaging techniques. Specifically, the magnetization ...