The distribution of lithium in rat brain and muscle in vivo by 7Li NMR imaging

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 275-278

  Komoroski, Richard A ^a,b   Pearce, John M ^a   Newton, Joseph E O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Brain; Lithium analysis; Manic depressive

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; LITHIUM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; RATS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CONCENTRATION RATIO; HIGH RESOLUTION; LOW SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; MANIC-DEPRESSIVE; MUSCLE TISSUES; REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION;

MUSCLE;

LITHIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BRAIN TISSUE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RADIOISOTOPE DISTRIBUTION; RAT; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0030795189     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910380217     Document Type: Article

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