Noninvasive quantification of human brain ascorbate concentration using1H NMR spectroscopy at 7 T

NMR in Biomedicine

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 227-232

  Terpstra, Melissa ^a   Ugurbil, Kamil ^a   Tkac, Ivan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

7 T; Ascorbate; Brain; Human; MEGA PRESS; MRS; Noninvasive; STEAM

Indexed keywords

1H NMR SPECTROSCOPY; 7 T; ASCORBATE; CHEMICAL-SHIFT DISPERSION; ECHO TIME; H NMR SPECTROSCOPY; HEALTHY SUBJECTS; HIGH MAGNETIC FIELDS; HOMONUCLEAR; HUMAN BRAIN; LINEAR GAIN; MEASUREMENT TIME; MINIMAL EFFECTS; VITAMIN C; VOLUME OF INTEREST;

BRAIN; CHEMICAL SHIFT; DISPERSIONS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRESSES (MACHINE TOOLS); SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; STEAM;

NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

ASCORBIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ADULT; ASCORBIC ACID; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77949697751     PISSN: 09523480     EISSN: 10991492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nbm.1423     Document Type: Article

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