Reduced brain N-acetyl-aspartate in frontal lobes suggests neuronal loss in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Neurological Research

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 241-243

  Giroud, Maurice ^a,b   Walker, Paul ^a   Bernard, David ^a   Lemesle, Martine ^a   Martin, Didier ^a   Baudouin, Nathalie ^a   Brunotte, François ^a   Dumas, Raymond ^a  

^a DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL DU BOCAGE   (France)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; N acetyl aspartate; neuron

Indexed keywords

N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID BRAIN LEVEL; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL LESION; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

EID: 0029787419     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01616412.1996.11740412     Document Type: Article

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