期刊
PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH-NEUROIMAGING
卷 100, 期 3, 页码 169-178出版社
ELSEVIER SCI IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4927(00)00075-5
关键词
J-coupling; J-resolved 2D H-1 MRS; neurotransmitter; quantitative 2D magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS)
资金
- NIDA NIH HHS [DA09448] Funding Source: Medline
A quantitative method to assess in vivo brain gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) levels is proposed using a J-resolved, two-dimensional (2D) magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) technique. Localized, J-resolved 2D MR spectra were obtained from a 12-cm(3) voxel in the occipital lobe of 36 healthy volunteers (18 male and 18 female, age: 25.1 +/- 4.8 years). Based on phantom measurements, a GABA resonance peak located at 2.94 ppm, 7.45 Hz, in J-resolved 2D MRS overlaps the least with other resonance peaks which arise from N-acetylaspartate, choline, creatine, glutamate and glutamine. Measurements of this resonance peak yield in vivo GABA concentrations of 1.01 +/- 0.36 mu mol/cm(3) for male and 1.16 +/- 0.43 mu mol/cm(3) for female volunteers, without correction for T1 and T2 relaxation effects. These results are in good agreement with previously reported data and suggest that, with further development, 2D MRS may provide a practical means to estimate the concentration of this important neurotransmitter. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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