Reliability of 7T 1H-MRS measured human prefrontal cortex glutamate, glutamine, and glutathione signals using an adapted echo time optimized PRESS sequence: A between- and within-sessions investigation

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 88-98

  Lally, Níall ^a,b   An, Li ^a   Banerjee, Dipavo ^a   Niciu, Mark J ^a   Luckenbaugh, David A ^a   Richards, Erica M ^a   Roiser, Jonathan P ^b   Shen, Jun ^a   Zarate, Carlos A ^a   Nugent, Allison C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

glutamatergic; intraclass correlation coefficient; medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC); point resolved spectroscopy; proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy; reliability

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLUTATHIONE; AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS;

ADULT; AGE; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; ECHO TIME OPTIMIZED POINT RESOLVED SPECTROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIAL PREGENUAL ANTERIOR CINGULATE CORTEX; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RELIABILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECTROSCOPY; ALGORITHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR IMAGING; PROCEDURES; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLUTATHIONE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROTON MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84955757442     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.24970     Document Type: Article

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