Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy with metabolite nulling reveals regional differences of macromolecules in normal human brain

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 538-546

  Mader, Irina ^a,c   Seeger, Uwe ^a   Karitzky, Jochen ^b   Erb, Michael ^a   Schick, Fritz ^a   Klose, Uwe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

1H MRS; Absolute concentrations; Macromolecules; Metabolite nulling; Regional distinctions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MACROMOLECULE; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CEREBELLUM; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; PONS;

EID: 0036830663     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.10190     Document Type: Article

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