In vivo magnetic resonance spectroscopy measurement of gray-matter and white-matter gamma-aminobutyric acid concentration in sensorimotor cortex using a motion-controlled MEGA point-resolved spectroscopy sequence

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 374-379

  Bhattacharyya, Pallab K ^a   Phillips, Micheal D ^a   Stone, Lael A ^a   Lowe, Mark J ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

GABA; Gray matter; MRS; Sensorimotor cortex; White matter

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID BRAIN LEVEL; ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; MEGA POINT RESOLVED SPECTROSCOPY SEQUENCE; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MOTION; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURONS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 79952535039     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2010.10.009     Document Type: Article

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