Subclinical atherosclerosis is related to lower neuronal viability in middle-aged adults: A 1H MRS study

Brain Research

Volumn 1344, Issue , 2010, Pages 54-61

  Haley, Andreana P ^a   Tarumi, Takashi ^a   Gonzales, Mitzi M ^a   Sugawara, Jun ^a   Tanaka, Hirofumi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

1H MRS; Atherosclerosis; Carotid artery; Intima media thickness; NAA

Indexed keywords

CREATINE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN METABOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DETERIORATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; ASPARTIC ACID; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CREATINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROTONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 77953917512     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2010.05.006     Document Type: Article

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