Edited MRS is sensitive to changes in lactate concentration during inspiratory hypoxia.
OBJECTIVE
To demonstrate the application of Mescher-Garwood (MEGA) point-resolved spectroscopy sequence (PRESS) editing to the detection of lactate in the brain at 3T and to investigate changes in lactate concentration associated with inspiratory gas challenges.


METHODS
Edited lactate measurements were made in six healthy volunteers while the subjects breathed normoxic (21% O(2)), hypoxic (12% O(2)), and hyperoxic (40% O(2)) gas mixtures. Lactate concentration was quantified relative to the unsuppressed water signal from the same volume.


RESULTS
Lactate concentration was elevated in all subjects during hypoxia in a highly significant fashion (mean increase = 39%; P = 0.0003). There was no significant change seen in hyperoxia.


CONCLUSIONS
MEGA-PRESS editing at 3T is sufficiently sensitive to detect lactate in the healthy brain with good signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), and can be used to investigate changes in cerebral metabolism arising during inspiratory gas challenges.
Edden
Richard A E
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Russell H Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. raee2@jhu.edu
Harris
Ashley D
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Murphy
Kevin
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Evans
C John
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Saxena
Neeraj
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Hall
Judith E
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Bailey
Damian M
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Wise
Richard G
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D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018496:Hyperoxia / Q000378:metabolism; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000473:pathology*; D007773:Lactates / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D010100:Oxygen / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D012119:Respiration
D007773:Lactates; D010100:Oxygen