Absence of changes in GABA concentrations with age and gender in the human anterior cingulate cortex: A MEGA-PRESS study with symmetric editing pulse frequencies for macromolecule suppression

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 317-320

  Aufhaus, E ^a   Weber Fahr, W ^a   Sack, M ^a   Tunc Skarka, N ^a   Oberthuer, G ^a   Hoerst, M ^a   Meyer Lindenberg, A ^a   Boettcher, U ^b   Ende, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

GABA; gender and age dependency; macromolecules; MEGA PRESS

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SHIFT; MACROMOLECULES; SWITCHING FREQUENCY;

AGE DEPENDENCY; ANTERIOR CINGULATE CORTICES; GABA; GENDER DIFFERENCES; HEALTHY SUBJECTS; PHANTOM MEASUREMENTS; PULSE FREQUENCIES; ROBUST METHODS;

PRESSES (MACHINE TOOLS);

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MACROMOLECULE; MALE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY;

EID: 84872975672     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.24257     Document Type: Article

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