Investigation of glutamine and GABA levels in patients with idiopathic generalized epilepsy using MEGAPRESS

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 694-699

  Chowdhury, Fahmida A ^a   O'Gorman, Ruth L ^b,c   Nashef, Lina ^c   Elwes, Robert D ^c   Edden, Richard A ^d   Murdoch, James B ^e   Barker, Gareth J ^a   Richardson, Mark P ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Toshiba Medical Research Institute USA   (United States)

Author keywords

GABA; Glutamine; Idiopathic generalized epilepsy; MR spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLUTATHIONE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID; N ACETYLASPARTYLGLUTAMIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; LEFT HEMISPHERE; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MALE; METABOLITE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROMETER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; WHITE MATTER; YOUNG ADULT; FRONTAL LOBE; IMAGE PROCESSING; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923170274     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.24611     Document Type: Article

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