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Measurement of N-acetylaspartylglutamate in the human frontal brain by 1H-MRS at 7 T.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20597122     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
N-Acetylaspartylglutamate in human brain has been measured with difference editing at 7 T. The CH(2) proton resonances (∼ 2.5 ppm) of the aspartyl groups of N-acetylaspartylglutamate and N-acetylaspartate were difference edited (MEGA) using 20-msec gaussian radiofrequency pulses for selective 180 ° rotations of the coupling partners at 4.61 and 4.38 ppm, respectively. The echo time of the editing sequence, 108 msec, was obtained in phantom tests. Single-voxel localized in vivo measurements were conducted in the medial prefrontal and right frontal cortices of five healthy volunteers. The gray and white matter fractions within the voxels were obtained from T(1)-weighted image segmentation. Using linear regression of the metabolite concentration vs. fractional white matter contents within the voxels, the N-acetylaspartylglutamate-to-N-acetylaspartate concentration ratios in gray and white matter were estimated to be 0.13 and 0.28 by difference editing (95% confidence intervals 0.07-0.19 and 0.22-0.34), respectively, assuming identical relaxation effects between the metabolites.
Authors:
Changho Choi; Subroto Ghose; Jinsoo Uh; Aditya Patel; Ivan E Dimitrov; Hanzhang Lu; Deborah Douglas; Sandeep Ganji
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Magnetic resonance in medicine : official journal of the Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine / Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine     Volume:  64     ISSN:  1522-2594     ISO Abbreviation:  Magn Reson Med     Publication Date:  2010 Nov 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-10-28     Completed Date:  2011-03-08     Revised Date:  2011-11-01    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8505245     Medline TA:  Magn Reson Med     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1247-51     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
© 2010 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
Affiliation:
Advanced Imaging Research Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA. changho.choi@utsouthwestern.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Algorithms*
Dipeptides / analysis*
Female
Frontal Lobe / chemistry*
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / methods*
Male
Protons / diagnostic use
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
P41 RR002584-22/RR/NCRR NIH HHS; P41 RR002584-23/RR/NCRR NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Dipeptides; 0/Protons; 3106-85-2/N-acetyl-1-aspartylglutamic acid

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