Quantitative proton spectroscopic imaging of the neurochemical profile in rat brain with microliter resolution at ultra-short echo times.

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Title
Quantitative proton spectroscopic imaging of the neurochemical profile in rat brain with microliter resolution at ultra-short echo times.
Journal
Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
Author(s)
Mlynárik V., Kohler I., Gambarota G., Vaslin A., Clarke P.G., Gruetter R.
ISSN
0740-3194 (Print)
ISSN-L
0740-3194
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2008
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
59
Number
1
Pages
52-58
Language
english
Abstract
Proton spectroscopy allows the simultaneous quantification of a high number of metabolite concentrations termed the neurochemical profile. The spin echo full intensity acquired localization (SPECIAL) scheme with an echo time of 2.7 ms was used at 9.4T for excitation of a slab parallel to a home-built quadrature surface coil in conjunction with phase encoding in the two remaining spatial dimensions to yield an effective spatial resolution of 1.7 microL. The absolute concentrations of at least 10 metabolites were calculated from the spectra of individual voxels using LCModel analysis. The calculated concentrations were used for constructing quantitative metabolic maps of the neurochemical profile in normal and pathological rat brain. Summation of individual spectra was used to assess the neurochemical profile of unique brain regions, such as corpus callosum, in rat for the first time. Following focal ischemia in rat pups, imaging the neurochemical profile indicated increased choline groups in the ischemic core and increased glutamine in the penumbra, which is proposed to reflect glutamate excitotoxicity. We conclude that it is feasible to achieve a sensitivity that is sufficient for quantitative mapping of the neurochemical profile at microliter spatial resolution.
Keywords
Animals, Brain/metabolism, Female, Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery/metabolism, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy/methods, Protons, Rats, Rats, Sprague-Dawley, Sensitivity and Specificity
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