Improved spectral resolution and high reliability of in vivo 1H MRS at 7 T allow the characterization of the effect of acute exercise on carnosine in skeletal muscle

NMR in Biomedicine

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 24-32

  Just Kukurová, Ivica ^a,b   Valkovič, Ladislav ^a,b,c,d   Ukropec, Jozef ^e   de Courten, Barbora ^f   Chmelík, Marek ^a,b   Ukropcová, Barbara ^e,g   Trattnig, Siegfried ^a,b   Krššák, Martin ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b INSTITUTE FOR MICROELECTRONICS   (Austria)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL ENDOCRINOLOGY   (Slovakia)

^f Centre of Cardiovascular Research Education in Therapeutics School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine   (Australia)

^g Faculty of Medicine of Comenius University and University Hospital Bratislava   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

7 T; 1H MRS; Acute exercise; Carnosine; Relaxation times; Repeatability; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PH EFFECTS; RELAXATION TIME; RELIABILITY; SOLS;

1H MRS; 7 T; ACUTE EXERCISE; CARNOSINE; RELAXATION TIMES; REPEATABILITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

MUSCLE;

CARNOSINE;

ADULT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; CARNOSINE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84955252501     PISSN: 09523480     EISSN: 10991492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nbm.3447     Document Type: Article

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