Comparison of Diffusion MRI Acquisition Protocols for the In Vivo Characterization of the Mouse Spinal Cord: Variability Analysis and Application to an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Model

• Matteo Figini ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Matteo Figini, Alessandro Scotti

  * E-mail: matteo.figini@istituto-besta.it

  Affiliation Scientific Direction, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico “Carlo Besta” Milan, Italy

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• Alessandro Scotti ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Matteo Figini, Alessandro Scotti

  Affiliation Scientific Direction, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico “Carlo Besta” Milan, Italy

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• Stefania Marcuzzo,

  Affiliation Neurology IV—Neuroimmunology and Neuromuscular Diseases Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico “Carlo Besta”, Milan, Italy

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• Silvia Bonanno,

  Affiliation Neurology IV—Neuroimmunology and Neuromuscular Diseases Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico “Carlo Besta”, Milan, Italy

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• Francesco Padelli,

  Affiliation Scientific Direction, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico “Carlo Besta” Milan, Italy

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• Victoria Moreno-Manzano,

  Affiliation Neuronal and Tissue Regeneration Laboratory, Centro de Investigación Príncipe Felipe, Valencia, Spain

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• José Manuel García-Verdugo,

  Affiliation Unidad de Neurobiología comparada, Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain

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• Pia Bernasconi,

  Affiliation Neurology IV—Neuroimmunology and Neuromuscular Diseases Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico “Carlo Besta”, Milan, Italy

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• Renato Mantegazza,

  Affiliation Neurology IV—Neuroimmunology and Neuromuscular Diseases Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico “Carlo Besta”, Milan, Italy

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• Maria Grazia Bruzzone,

  Affiliation Neuroradiology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico “Carlo Besta”, Milan, Italy

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• Ileana Zucca

  Affiliation Scientific Direction, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico “Carlo Besta” Milan, Italy

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