Are glutamate and lactate increases ubiquitous to physiological activation? A 1H functional MR spectroscopy study during motor activation in human brain at 7Tesla

NeuroImage

Volumn 93, Issue P1, 2014, Pages 138-145

  Schaller, Benoît ^a   Xin, Lijing ^b   O'Brien, Kieran ^c   Magill, Arthur W ^a,b   Gruetter, Rolf ^a,b,d  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^d GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cerebral metabolic rate; Glutamate; Lactate; Motor stimulation; Neurotransmitter; Oxidative metabolism

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; LACTIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL ACTIVITY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; METABOLITE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RADIATION FIELD; RNA TRANSLATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897080623     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2014.02.016     Document Type: Article

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