Magnetic resonance spectroscopy of the normal cerebellum: What degree of variability can be expected?

Cerebellum

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 205-211

  Currie, Stuart ^a   Hadjivassiliou, Marios ^b   Wilkinson, Iain David ^a   Griffiths, Paul David ^a   Hoggard, Nigel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Normal values; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; CREATININE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; METABOLITE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RELIABILITY; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGED; ASPARTIC ACID; CEREBELLUM; CHOLINE; CREATINE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRITIUM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880701474     PISSN: 14734222     EISSN: 14734230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12311-012-0415-1     Document Type: Article

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