Medial temporal MR spectroscopy is related to memory performance in normal adolescent subjects

NeuroReport

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 703-707

  Giménez, Mónica ^a,b   Junqué, Carme ^a,b   Narberhaus, Ana ^a   Caldú, Xavier ^a,b   Segarra, Dolors ^a   Vendrell, Pere ^a,b   Bargalló, Núria ^a,b   Mercader, Josep M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INST D INVESTIGACIONS B   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Brain metabolism; Hippocampus; Medial temporal lobe; Memory; MRI; N acetylaspartate; Neuropsychology

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; GLYCEROPHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; BRAIN METABOLISM; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE NAME RECOGNITION; FEMALE; GENDER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RECOGNITION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ASPARTIC ACID; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CHOLINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 18744432528     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001756-200403220-00026     Document Type: Article

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