Chemical Heterogeneity of the Living Human Brain: A Proton MR Spectroscopy Study on the Effects of Sex, Age, and Brain Region

@article{Grachev2000ChemicalHO,
  title={Chemical Heterogeneity of the Living Human Brain: A Proton MR Spectroscopy Study on the Effects of Sex, Age, and Brain Region},
  author={Igor D. Grachev and Apkar Vania Apkarian},
  journal={NeuroImage},
  year={2000},
  volume={11},
  pages={554-563}
}
Brain chemistry was compared between 19 male and female normal volunteers in the age group 19-31 years, across six brain regions and nine metabolites using in vivo proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy. The relative concentrations of N-acetyl aspartate, choline, glutamate, glutamine, GABA, inositol, glucose, and lactate were measured relative to creatine within 8-cm(3) brain voxels. These measurements were performed in six brain regions: thalamus and cingulate, insula, sensorimotor… 
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