Neurometabolite concentrations in gray and white matter in mild traumatic brain injury: An 1H-magnetic resonance spectroscopy study

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1635-1643

  Gasparovic, Charles ^a,b,c   Yeo, Ronald ^a,c   Mannell, Maggie ^a   Ling, Josef ^a   Elgie, Robert ^b   Phillips, John ^a,b   Doezema, David ^b   Mayer, Andrew R ^a,b  

^a MIND RESEARCH NETWORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive; Creatine; Glutamate; Mild traumatic brain injury; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CREATINE; CREATINE PHOSPHATE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN METABOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MALE; METABOLITE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SIGNAL DETECTION; SPLENIUM; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AXONS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY WATER; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CREATINE; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; PHOSPHOCREATINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70450159724     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2009.0896     Document Type: Article

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