N-acetylaspartate/creatine and choline/creatine ratios in the thalami, insular cortex and white matter as markers of hypertension and cognitive impairment in the elderly

Hypertension Research

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1851-1857

  Ben Salem, Douraied ^a   Walker, Paul M ^b   Bejot, Yannick ^c   Aho, Serge L ^a   Tavernier, Béatrice ^d   Rouaud, Olivier ^c   Ricolfi, Frédéric ^a   Brunotte, François ^b  

^a DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^d Dijon 3 City Center   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; CREATINE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DRUG DERIVATIVE; N-ACETYLASPARTATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CHOLINE CREATINE RATIO; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; INSULA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID CREATINE RATIO; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; THALAMUS; WHITE MATTER; AGING; BRAIN CORTEX; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MYELINATED NERVE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ASPARTIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHOLINE; COGNITION DISORDERS; CREATINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; THALAMUS;

EID: 58149382055     PISSN: 09169636     EISSN: 13484214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1291/hypres.31.1851     Document Type: Article

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