Observation and identification of metabolites emerging during postmortem decomposition of brain tissue by means of in situ 1H-magnetic resonance spectroscopy

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 915-920

  Ith, Michael ^a   Bigler, Peter ^a   Scheurer, Eva ^a   Kreis, Roland ^a   Hofmann, Lucie ^a   Dirnhofer, Richard ^a   Boesch, Chris ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

1H magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Abscesses; Brain; Post mortem decomposition

Indexed keywords

BIOMOLECULES; BRAIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; TISSUE; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

1H MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPIES; ABSCESSES; DECAY PRODUCTS; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HIGH RESOLUTION NMR SPECTROSCOPY; MODEL SOLUTION; POST MORTEM; POST MORTEM INTERVALS;

METABOLITES;

BUTYRIC ACID; ISOBUTYRIC ACID; PROPIONIC ACID; TRIMETHYLAMMONIUM SALT DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN TISSUE; CADAVER; DECOMPOSITION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; METABOLITE; MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SHEEP;

EID: 0036846702     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.10294     Document Type: Article

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