Metabolite concentration ratios in thalami of patients with migraine and trigeminal neuralgia measured with 1H-MRS

Neurological Research

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 229-233

  Gu, Tao ^a   Ma, Xiang Xing ^a   Xu, Yan Hong ^a   Xiu, Jian Jun ^b   Li, Chuan Fu ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b THE SECOND HOSPITAL OF SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Migraine without aura; Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Thalamus; Trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; CREATINE; CREATINE PHOSPHATE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRAINE; NERVE CELL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; THALAMUS; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

ADULT; ASPARTIC ACID; CHOLINE; CREATINE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; PROTONS; THALAMUS; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

EID: 44449095549     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/016164107X235473     Document Type: Article

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