In vivo glutamate measured with magnetic resonance spectroscopy: Behavioral correlates in aging

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1265-1276

  Zahr, Natalie M ^a,b   Mayer, Dirk ^b,c   Rohlfing, Torsten ^a   Chanraud, Sandra ^a   Gu, Meng ^c   Sullivan, Edith V ^a   Pfefferbaum, Adolf ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognition; Frontostriatal circuitry; Glutamate; Human; Imaging; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MORPHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; WORKING MEMORY; BRAIN; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BRAIN; COGNITION; FEMALE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872329253     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2012.09.014     Document Type: Article

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