title: 31P localized spectroscopy of fetal brain in utero.
abstract: 31-Phosphorus (31P) nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy of fetal brain in utero was obtained entirely noninvasively in rat utilizing image selected in vivo spectroscopy (ISIS). The results were in excellent agreement with the data obtained using the surface coil method in the late stage fetus, namely, high phosphomonoester (PME), low phosphocreatine (PCr), and high intracellular pH. Localized spectroscopy provides unprecedented opportunities for the investigation of fetal brain metabolism in utero.
authors.affiliation: Neurochemistry Research Laboratory, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Martinez, California.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakada
authors.forename: I L
authors.initials: IL
authors.lastname: Kwee
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D005333:Fetus / Q000378:metabolism*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D010710:Phosphates / Q000737:chemistry; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
chemical_list: D010710:Phosphates