Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy and its diagnostically important metabolites in the brain

General Physiology and Biophysics

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 101-112

  Bittšanský, Michal ^a   Výbohová, Desanka ^a   Dobrota, Dušan ^a  

^a University Teaching Hospital in Martin   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Brain metabolites; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; CHOLINE; CREATINE; CREATINE PHOSPHATE; GLUTAMATE CARBOXYPEPTIDASE II; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; INOSITOL; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID; N ACETYLASPARTYLGLUTAMIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PHOSPHORUS 31; PROTON; SODIUM 23;

ACCURACY; ALEXANDER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN TISSUE; CEREBELLUM; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DEMENTIA; DEMYELINATION; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GLIA CELL; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFLAMMATION; MAGNETIC FIELD; METABOLITE; NERVE CELL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PARKINSON DISEASE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SYNAPSE VESICLE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTONS;

EID: 84858777696     PISSN: 02315882     EISSN: 13384325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4149/gpb_2012_007     Document Type: Article

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