Biochemical markers of intelligence: A proton MR spectroscopy study of normal human brain

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1426, 1999, Pages 1375-1379

  Jung, Rex E ^a,b   Brooks, William M ^a,c   Yeo, Ronald A ^b   Chiulli, Stephen J ^d   Weers, David C ^a,b   Sibbitt Jr , Wilmer L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Emergency Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Choline; Intelligence; N acetylaspartate; Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; CHOLINE; MYELIN; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN MITOCHONDRION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLECT; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; NERVE CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0033532970     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0790     Document Type: Article

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