Neuronal maturation and N-acetyl-L-aspartic acid development in human fetal and child brains

Brain and Development

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 131-133

  Kato, Toshinori ^a   Nishina, Masami ^b   Matsushita, Kazuhiro ^b   Hori, Eitaro ^b   Mito, Takashi ^a   Takashima, Sachio ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain development; Fetus; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy; N acetyl L aspartic acid

Indexed keywords

N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

AGE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL MATURATION; DENDRITE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NEWBORN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SYNAPSE; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASPARTIC ACID; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CELL AGING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NEURONS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0030907733     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0387-7604(96)00496-2     Document Type: Article

References (10)

1. Van der Knaap MS, Van der Grond J, Van Rijen PC, Faber JAJ, Valk J, Willemse K. Age-dependent changes in localized proton and phosphorus MR spectroscopy of the brain. Radiology 1990; 176: 509-515.
2. Petroff OAC, Ogino T, Alger JR. High-resolution proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy of rabbit brain: regional metabolic levels and postmortem changes. J. Neurochem. 1988; 51: 163-171.
3. 1H-magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging. Neurology 1993: 43: 509-515.
4. Huppl PS, Fusch C, Boesch C et al. Regional metabolic assessment of human brain during development by proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy in vivo and by high-performance liquid chromatography/gas chromatography in autopsy tissue. Pediatr. Res. 1995: 37: 145-150.
5. Kalo T, Sato H, Nose K, Mikami I, Takashima S. Localized proton MR spectroscopy of the pediatrie brain with focal epilepsy. Radiology 1992; 185: 185.
6. Van Zijl SH, Moonen CTW. In situ changes in purine nucleotide and N-acetyl concentrations upon including global ischemia in cat brain. Magn. Reson. Med. 1993: 29: 381-385.
7. Okumura N, Otuki S, Kameyama A. Studies on free amino acids in human brain. J. Biochem. 1960: 47: 315-320.
8. 1H-NMR spectroscopy. Proceedings of the 10th Meeting of the Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 1991: 420.
9. Moffett JR, Namboodiri MAA, Cangro CB, Neale JH, Immunohis tochemical localization of N-acetylaspartate in rat brain. Neurol. Rep. 1991; 2: 131-134.
10. Takashima S, Chan F, Becker LE, Armstrong DL. Morphology of the developing visual cortex of the human infant. The developing human visual cortex. J. Neuropathol. Exp. Neurol. 1980; 39: 487501.