Evaluation of 31P metabolite differences in human cerebral gray and white matter.
Evaluation of 31P metabolite differences in human cerebral gray and white matter.
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评估人脑灰质和白质中 31P 代谢物的差异。
DOI:
10.1002/mrm.1910390303
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发表时间:
1998
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
Hetherington,HP
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文献类型:
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作者:
Mason,GF;Chu,WJ;Vaughan,JT;Ponder,SL;Twieg,DB;Adams,D;Hetherington,HP
31P NMR is commonly used to study brain energetics in health and disease. Due to sensitivity constraints, the NMR measurements are typically made in volumes that do not contain pure gray or white matter. For accurate evaluation of abnormalities in brain metabolite levels, it is necessary to consider the differences in normal levels of31P metabolites in gray and white matter. In this study, voxels from a three‐dimensional spectroscopic image acquisition were analyzed for their dependence on tissue type to assess differences in metabolite levels between gray and white matter. Specifically, gray matter was found to have significantly higher ratios of phosphocreatine (PCr) to γ‐ATP and PCr to the total31P metabolite signal, whereas pH and the ratio of PCr to inorganic phosphate (P1) were found to differ insignificantly between gray and white matter. Thus, tissue type can be an important factor to consider for alterations in bioenergetics by31P NMR spectroscopic studies of the brain.