The ratio of N-acetyl aspartate to glutamate correlates with disease duration of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue , 2016, Pages 110-113

  Sako, Wataru ^a   Abe, Takashi ^a   Izumi, Yuishin ^a   Harada, Masafumi ^a   Kaji, Ryuji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Excitotoxicity; Glutamate; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy; N acetyl aspartate; Primary motor cortex

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; CREATINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; INOSITOL; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; N-ACETYLASPARTATE;

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXCITOTOXICITY; FEMALE; GLUTAMATERGIC NEURON; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRESYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; AGED; AGING; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; CELL DEATH; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY;

AGED; AGING; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ASPARTIC ACID; BIOMARKERS; CELL DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURONS;

EID: 84952673779     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: 15322653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2015.08.044     Document Type: Article

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