Evidence for left-right asymmetries in the proton MRS of brain in normal volunteers

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 223-234

  Jayasundar, Rama ^a,b   Raghunathan, Partha ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b Biomedizinische NMR Forschungs GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Brain; Proton MR spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN METABOLISM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

EID: 0031002143     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0730-725X(96)00342-6     Document Type: Article

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