Age-related differences in metabolites in the posterior cingulate cortex and hippocampus of normal ageing brain: A 1H-MRS study

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Reyngoudt, Harmen ^a,b   Claeys, Tom ^a,b   Vlerick, Leslie ^a,b   Verleden, Stijn ^b   Acou, Marjan ^a,b   Deblaere, Karel ^a,b   De Deene, Yves ^a,c   Audenaert, Kurt ^a,b   Goethals, Ingeborg ^a   Achten, Eric ^a,b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

1H MRS; Absolute quantification; Hippocampus; Normal ageing; Posterior cingulate

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; CREATINE; INOSITOL; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLITE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASPARTIC ACID; CHOLINE; CREATINE; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; INOSITOL; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84856972514     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2011.01.106     Document Type: Article

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