Probing astrocyte metabolism in vivo: Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy in the injured and aging brain

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue OCT, 2015, Pages

  Harris, Janna L ^a,b   Choi, In Young ^a,b   Brooks, William M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Astrocytes; Glutamic acid; Glutathione; Lactic acid; Myo inositol; Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Traumatic brain injury (TBI)

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DRUG METABOLITE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLUTATHIONE; INOSITOL; LACTIC ACID;

AGING; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL POPULATION; CELL SIZE; COGNITION; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REGION OF INTEREST; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

EID: 84946556821     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16634365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2015.00202     Document Type: Article

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