Proton MR spectroscopy correlates of frontal lobe function in healthy children

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1308-1314

  Ozturk, A ^a   Degaonkar, M ^a   Matson, M A ^b   Wells, C T ^c   Mahone, E M ^d   Horská, Alena ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MODEL; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ASPARTIC ACID; CHILD; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEURONS; PROTONS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 68549109400     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1576     Document Type: Article

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