Lack of effect of oral choline supplement on the concentrations of choline metabolites in human brain

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1005-1010

  Tan, Jeannie ^b   Bluml, Stefan ^b   Hoang, Tuan ^a   Dubowitz, David ^a   Mevenkamp, Gregor ^c   Ross, Brian ^a,d  

^a HUNTINGTON MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^b Rudi Schulte Research Institute   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^d HMRI   (United States)

Author keywords

Choline bitartrate; Cholinergic neurotransmission; Glycerophosphorylcholine; Phosphorylcholine

Indexed keywords

NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES;

CHOLINE BITARTRATE; CHOLINERGIC NEUROTRANSMISSION; GLYCEROPHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; HUMAN BRAIN; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS; PHOSPHOETHANOLAMINE; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; SHORT TERM;

METABOLITES;

CHOLINE; CHOLINE BITARTRATE; CHOLINE DERIVATIVE; CREATINE; GLYCEROPHOSPHOETHANOLAMINE; GLYCEROPHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHOETHANOLAMINE; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN; BRAIN METABOLISM; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHOSPHORUS NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0031862365     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910390619     Document Type: Article

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