Volume-selective water-suppressed proton spectra of human brain and muscle in vivo.
Volume-selective water-suppressed proton spectra were recorded from live human brain and muscle at 1.5T by combining a stimulated echo acquisition mode pulse sequence for localization and two saturation pulses for water suppression (Frahm et al., SMRM Abstracts, 1987). Metabolite signals were observed in voxels of size 4-64 cm3. Signals from -CH3 and beta-CH2 of N-acetylaspartate, =N-CH3 and =N-CH2 of phosphocreatine/creatine, -N(CH3)3 of choline and inositol protons were visible in the brain spectra from normal subjects. Differences in metabolite levels were observed between gray and white matters of brain from their water-suppressed spectra. Peaks from =N-CH3 of phosphocreatine/creatine and -N(CH3)3 of choline and carnitine were present in normal muscle spectra along with several resonances from fatty acyl chains.
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Department of Biological Chemistry, College of Medicine, University of Illinois, Chicago 60612.
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D001921:Brain / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D006801:Humans; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D009132:Muscles / Q000033:anatomy & histology*