In Vivo Quantitation of Cerebral Metabolite Concentrations Using Natural Abundance 13 C MRS at 1.5 T

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 219-225

  Blüml, Stefan ^a,b  

^a HUNTINGTON MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^b Rudi Schulte Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Canavan disease; Glutamate; Glutamine; N acetylaspartate; Proton decoupled 13 C MRS

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; CARBON; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID; N-ACETYLASPARTATE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; CANAVAN DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BOND; INFANT; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIN LABELING; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ASPARTIC ACID; BRAIN; CANAVAN DISEASE; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN BONDING; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIN LABELS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0033069999     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmre.1998.1618     Document Type: Editorial

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