A systematic review of brain metabolite changes, measured with 1H magnetic resonance spectroscopy, in healthy aging

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 353-363

  Haga, Kristin K ^a   Khor, Yuet Peng ^a   Farrall, Andrew ^a   Wardlaw, Joanna M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Brain; Human; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; CREATINE; CREATINE PHOSPHATE; INOSITOL; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

AGING; BRAIN; BRAIN REGION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DATA EXTRACTION; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; METABOLITE; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REVIEW;

AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTONS;

EID: 58549117914     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2007.07.005     Document Type: Review

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