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JOURNAL OF HEAD TRAUMA REHABILITATION
卷 16, 期 2, 页码 149-164出版社
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/00001199-200104000-00005
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adenosine triphosphate; animal models; choline; magnetic resonance spectroscopy; N-acetylaspartate; neuroimaging; phosphocreatine; rehabilitation; traumatic brain injury
Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) offers a unique non-invasive approach for assessing the metabolic status of the brain in vivo and is particularly suited to studying traumatic brain injury (TBI). In particular, MRS provides a noninvasive means for quantifying such neurochemicals as N-acetylaspartate (NAA, creatine, phosphocreatine, choline) lactate, myo-inositol, glutamine, glutamate, adenosine triphosphate (ATP), and inorganic phosphate in humans following TBI and in animal models. Many of these chemicals have been shown to be perturbed following TBI. NAA, a marker of neuronal integrity, has been shown to be reduced following TBI, reflecting diffuse axonal injury or metabolic depression, and concentrations of NAA predict cognitive outcome. Elevation of choline-containing compounds indicates membrane breakdown or inflammation or both. MRS can also detect alterations in high energy phosphates reflecting the energetic abnormalities seen after TBI. Accordingly, MRS may be useful to monitor cellular response to therapeutic interventions in TBI.
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