Spectral-editing measurements of GABA in the human brain with and without macromolecule suppression

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1523-1529

  Harris, Ashley D ^a,b   Puts, Nicolaas A J ^a,b   Barker, Peter B ^a,b   Edden, Richard A E ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

brain; edited MRS; GABA; macromolecules GABA+

Indexed keywords

BRAIN;

EDITED MRS; GABA; HEALTHY SUBJECTS; HUMAN BRAIN; MEASUREMENTS OF; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; SPECTRAL EDITING; STATISTICAL POWER;

MACROMOLECULES;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS; MACROMOLECULE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; INFORMED CONSENT; MACROMOLECULE; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; WHITE MATTER; YOUNG ADULT; ALGORITHM; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; BRAIN CORTEX; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR IMAGING; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE;

EID: 84955194313     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.25549     Document Type: Article

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