In vivo magnetic resonance spectroscopy of human fetal neural transplants

NMR in Biomedicine

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 221-236

  Ross, Brian D ^a   Hoang, Tuan Q ^b   Blüml, Stefan ^b   Dubowitz, David ^b   Kopyov, Oleg V ^b   Jacques, Deane B ^b   Lin, Alexander ^b   Seymour, Kay ^b   Tan, Jeannie ^b  

^a HMRI   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Fetal brain; Huntington's disease; MR imaging; MR spectroscopy; N acetylaspartate; Neuronal regeneration; Neurotransplant; Parkinson's disease

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; CREATINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; INOSITOL; LACTIC ACID; LIPID; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLITE; NERVE FIBER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PUTAMEN;

ADULT; ASPARTIC ACID; BRAIN; FETAL TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PARKINSON DISEASE;

EID: 0032800442     PISSN: 09523480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1492(199906)12:4<221::AID-NBM582>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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