This study was designed to perform MRS of the Temporal Lobe (TL) and Frontal Lobe (FL) to assess brain metabolic changes that result from treating moderate-AD (AD) patients with Rivastigmine. Twenty AD patients were studied after obtaining both their informed consent and their caregivers'. They were divided into two groups ...

OBJECTIVE—To quantify N-acetylaspartate (NAA), total creatines (tCr), total cholines (tCho), and myo-inositol (mI) levels in normal and abnormal appearing white matter of patients with neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus (NPSLE) in order to determine the specific changes in metabolite concentrations.
METHODS—Axial proton density and T2 weighted magnetic resonance images, and short echo ...