In vivo and in vitro bi-exponential diffusion of N-acetyl aspartate (NAA) in rat brain: A potential structural probe?

NMR in Biomedicine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 67-74

  Assaf, Yaniv ^a   Cohen, Yoram ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

1H NMR; Diffusion; N acetyl aspartate (NAA); Rat brain

Indexed keywords

N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RAT;

ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ACID; BRAIN; DIFFUSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOLECULAR PROBES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; WATER;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031980104     PISSN: 09523480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1492(199804)11:2<67::AID-NBM503>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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