Regional metabolite concentrations in human brain as determined by quantitative localized proton MRS

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 53-60

  Pouwels, Petra J W ^a   Frahm, Jens ^a  

^a Biomedizinische NMR Forschungs GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain metabolism; Cerebral metabolite distribution; Proton spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; AMINO ACIDS; BIOMOLECULES; METABOLISM; METABOLITES; POLYOLS; SUGARS;

BRAIN METABOLISM; CEREBRAL METABOLITES; GENDER DIFFERENCES; HEMI-SPHERIC ASYMMETRIES; METABOLITE CONCENTRATIONS; PARIETAL WHITE MATTER; REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION; REGIONAL VARIABILITY;

BRAIN;

CHOLINE; CREATINE; CREATINE KINASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; INOSITOL; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID; N ACETYLASPARTYLGLUTAMIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; THALAMUS; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0031985750     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910390110     Document Type: Article

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