Regional neurochemical profiles in the human brain measured by 1H MRS at 7T using local B 1 shimming

NMR in Biomedicine

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 152-160

  Emir, Uzay E ^a   Auerbach, Edward J ^a   van de Moortele, Pierre Francois ^a   Marjańska, Malgorzata ^a   Uǧurbil, Kamil ^a   Terpstra, Melissa ^a   Tkáč, Ivan ^a   Öz, Gülin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

B 1 + shimming; MRS; Neurochemical profile; Short TE; Single voxel; Transceiver array coil

Indexed keywords

AMINOBUTYRIC ACIDS; BRAIN METABOLITES; BRAIN REGIONS; CHEMICAL-SHIFT DISPERSION; DISPLACEMENT ERRORS; EXTENDED RANGE; GLUTATHIONES; HIGH SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; HUMAN BRAIN; MRS; MULTIPLE BRAINS; NEUROCHEMICAL PROFILE; NEUROLOGICAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS; SINGLE VOXEL; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TRANSCEIVER ARRAY; TRANSCEIVER ARRAY COIL; TRANSMIT CHANNELS; ULTRA-HIGH; ULTRA-HIGH MAGNETIC FIELDS; VOLUMES OF INTERESTS; WHITE MATTER;

AMINO ACIDS; CHEMICAL SHIFT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; FADING (RADIO); MAGNETIC FIELDS; METABOLISM; METABOLITES; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TRANSCEIVERS;

BRAIN;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CHOLINE; CREATINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BRAIN LEVEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PONS; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PUTAMEN; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PROTONS; WATER;

EID: 84855874072     PISSN: 09523480     EISSN: 10991492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nbm.1727     Document Type: Article

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