title: Introduction to hippocampal spectroscopy.
abstract: The use of MR spectroscopy to obtain nonivasive, in vivo biochemical information from the central nervous system might provide a powerful complement to the exquisite anatomic detail provided by MR imaging. This article briefly reviews current MR spectroscopy methodology and spectral analysis, introduces some of the recent applications of 1H and 31P MR spectroscopy of the brain, and discusses the applications of MR spectroscopy to the study of the anterior temporal lobe and hippocampus.
authors.affiliation: Division of Diagnostic Imaging, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA.
authors.forename: E F
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Jackson
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Meyers
mesh_terms: D001224:Aspartic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D002794:Choline / Q000378:metabolism; D003401:Creatine / Q000378:metabolism; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D006859:Hydrogen; D007089:Image Enhancement; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000379:methods; D010759:Phosphorus Isotopes; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D010759:Phosphorus Isotopes; D001224:Aspartic Acid; D006859:Hydrogen; C000179:N-acetylaspartate; D003401:Creatine; D002794:Choline