Regional difference in GABA levels between medial prefrontal and occipital cortices

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 745-750

  Van Der Veen, Jan Willem ^a   Shen, Jun ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

creatine; gamma aminobutyric acid (GABA); glutamate plus; glutamine (Glx); gray matter; N acetylaspartate (NAA); occipital cortex; prefrontal cortex; white matter

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CHOLINE; CREATINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID BRAIN LEVEL; ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TISSUE WATER; WHITE MATTER;

CREATINE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID (GABA); GLUTAMATE + GLUTAMINE (GLX); GRAY MATTER; N-ACETYLASPARTATE (NAA); OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883407640     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.24009     Document Type: Article

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