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Better insight into brain anatomical structures
05-30-2007 · EurekAlert!In the journal Angewandte Chemie, Korean researchers led by Jung Hee Lee at Samsung Medical Center and Taeghwan Hyeon at Seoul National University report on a new contrast agent for magnetic resonance imaging using manganese oxide nanoparticles that produces images of the anatomic structures of mouse brain which are as clear as those obtained by histological examination.
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