Is the macromolecule signal tissue-specific in healthy human brain? a 1H MRS study at 7 tesla in the occipital lobe

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 934-940

  Schaller, Benoit ^a   Xin, Lijing ^b   Gruetter, Rolf ^a,b,c  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

7T; Healthy human brain; In vivo 1H MRS; Macromolecule signal; Metabolite quantification; Neurochemical profile

Indexed keywords

BIOMOLECULES; BRAIN; HISTOLOGY; MACROMOLECULES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; METABOLITES;

HEALTHY HUMANS; HEALTHY SUBJECTS; IN-VIVO; METABOLITE CONCENTRATIONS; NEUROCHEMICAL PROFILE; SMALL CONCENTRATION; TISSUE SPECIFICS; WHITE MATTER TISSUES;

TISSUE;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MACROMOLECULE; MALE; METABOLITE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OCCIPITAL LOBE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; WHITE MATTER; BRAIN; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS; MACROMOLECULE;

ADULT; BRAIN; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMANS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MALE; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PROTON MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WHITE MATTER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84927691569     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.24995     Document Type: Article

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