Not exact matches
From each
brainstem, 2 blocks of medullary
tissue (3 mm) were collected: 1 from the mid-medulla, at the level of the nucleus of Roller (corresponding to Plate X in the atlas of Olszewski and Baxter18) and 1 from the rostral medulla, at the level of the nucleus praepositus (corresponding to Plate XII in that atlas)(Figure 1).
Following experimental inoculation and progression, macaque
tissues shown by PCR to harbor B. burgdorferi include skeletal muscles, heart, bladder, peripheral nerves, and the central nervous system (cerebrum,
brainstem and cerebellum, spinal cord, and dura mater).
Those fixed for histology, placed in
tissue culture, and snap - frozen in OCT for cryosectioning included the heart, pericardium, bladder, knee and elbow joint
tissues, skeletal muscle (bicep and quadriceps), dura mater, brain (cerebrum, cerebellum and
brainstem), back skin, axillary and mesenteric lymph nodes, spleen, spinal cord and dorsal root ganglia, and peripheral nerves (sural, tibial, ulnar and median).
Routine blood work to rule out a systemic problem and assess the anesthetic risk better able to identify fluid build up, swelling, cysts, bleeding ad other subtle soft
tissue changes inside the brain and therefore an MRI is a better able to identify fluid build up, swelling, cysts, bleeding ad other subtle soft
tissue changes inside the brain and therefore an MRI is a better tool, especially if the dog has signs of
brainstem or cerebellar disease, or if it is a breed of dog that is predisposed to gliomas, such as the Boston terrier.