Human brain chemical shift imaging at age 60 to 90: Analysis of the causes of the observed sex differences in brain metabolites

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 597-603

  Sijens, Paul E ^a   Den Heijer, Tom ^b   De Leeuw, Frank Erik ^b   De Groot, Jan Cees ^b   Achten, Erik ^c   Heijboer, Roel J J ^d   Hofman, Albert ^b   Breteler, Monique M B ^b   Oudkerk, Matthijs ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d State University and Academic Hospital ^*

Author keywords

Human brain; Magnetic resonance imaging; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Metabolism; Rotterdam Study

Indexed keywords

BRAIN PROTEIN; CHOLINE; CREATINE; LACTIC ACID; LIPID; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DEGENERATION; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0034788394     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004424-200110000-00005     Document Type: Article

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