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Advanced Magnetic Resonance Center

What We Do

The Advanced Magnetic Resonance Center is shared by researchers at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF) and the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (OUHSC) primarily as well as other researchers in Oklahoma. Our biomedical research interests include, but are not limited to, cancer biology, neurological disorders and cardiovascular pathologies.

Our research target themes are addressed with techniques such as basic morphological MRI (e.g. T1, T2 imaging), dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI (DCE) to establish location and extent of pathological lesions, MR angiography (MRA) to visualize vascularization, functional MRI (fMRI) to monitor tissue/organ response given a challenge function, and MR spectroscopy (MRS) to follow metabolic changes during a disease processes.

Our Publications

Advanced Magnetic Resonance Center

2015

De Souza PC, Balasubramanian K, Njoku C, Smith N, Gillespie DL, Schwager A, Abdullah O, Ritchey JW, Fung KM, Saunders D, Jensen RL, Towner RA. OKN-007 decreases tumor necrosis and tumor cell proliferation and increases apoptosis in a preclinical F98 rat glioma model. J Magn Reson Imaging 2015. [Abstract] EPub

De Souza PC, Ranjan A, Towner RA. Nanoformulations for therapy of pancreatic and liver cancers. Nanomedicine (Lond) 10:1515-1534, 2015. [Abstract]

* De Souza PC, Smith N, Atolagbe O, Ziegler J, Njoku C, Lerner M, Ehrenshaft M, Mason RP, Meek B, Plafker SM, Saunders D, Mamedova N, Towner RA. OKN-007 decreases free radicals levels in a preclinical F98 rat glioma model. Free Radic Biol Med 2015. [Abstract] EPub

Greenwood-Van Meerveld B, Mohammadi E, Tyler K, Van Gordon S, Parker A, Towner R, Hurst R. Mechanisms of visceral organ crosstalk: importance of alterations in permeability in rodent models. J Urol 2015. [Abstract] EPub

Seong J, Jeong W, Smith N, Towner RA. Hemodynamic effects of long-term morphological changes in the human carotid sinus. J Biomech 48:956-962, 2015. [Abstract]

Tarantini S, Hertelendy P, Tucsek Z, Valcarcel-Ares MN, Smith N, Menyhart A, Farkas E, Hodges EL, Towner R, Deak F, Sonntag WE, Csiszar A, Ungvari Z, Toth P. Pharmacologically-induced neurovascular uncoupling is associated with cognitive impairment in mice. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 2015. [Abstract] EPub

Towner RA, Ihnat M, Saunders D, Bastian A, Smith N, Pavana RK, Gangjee A. A new anti-glioma therapy, AG119: pre-clinical assessment in a mouse GL261 glioma model. BMC Cancer 15:522, 2015. [Abstract]

* Towner RA, Smith N, Saunders D, Carrizales J, Lupu F, Silasi-Mansat R, Ehrenshaft M, Mason RP. In Vivo targeted molecular magnetic resonance imaging of free radicals in diabetic cardiomyopathy within mice. Free Radic Res 1-17, 2015. [Abstract]

Towner RA, Smith N, Saunders D, Van Gordon SB, Wisniewski AB, Tyler KR, Greenwood-Van Meerveld B, Hurst RE. Contrast enhanced magnetic resonance imaging as a diagnostic tool for assessing bladder permeability and associated colon cross-talk: pre-clinical studies in a rat model. J Urol 193:1394-1400, 2015. [Abstract]

* publications by more than one department or program