title: Response to Comments on "Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Identifies Neural Progenitor Cells in the Live Human Brain".
abstract: We reported on a neural progenitor cell biomarker, a lipid-based metabolite enriched in these cells, which we detected using spectroscopy both in vitro and in vivo, and singular value decomposition–based signal processing. The study provided an outline of our computational methodology. Herein, we report more extensively on the method of spectrum analysis used, demonstrating the specificity of our findings.
authors.affiliation: Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA. djuric@ece.sunysb.edu
authors.forename: Petar M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Djurić
authors.forename: Helena
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Benveniste
authors.forename: Mark E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Wagshul
authors.forename: Fritz
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Henn
authors.forename: Grigori
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Enikolopov
authors.forename: Mirjana
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maletić-Savatić
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000032:analysis*; D001921:Brain / Q000166:cytology*; D003071:Cognition; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence / Q000235:genetics*; D008055:Lipids / Q000032:analysis*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000379:methods*; D009154:Mutation; D009474:Neurons / Q000166:cytology*; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000235:genetics*; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology*
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D008055:Lipids