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Yang X, Liu Y, Fu CX, Chu YH, Chen Q, Wang H, Wei DX, Yao YF. Selectively Probing the Magnetic Resonance Signals of γ-Aminobutyric Acid in Human Brains In Vivo. J Magn Reson Imaging 2024; 59:954-963. [PMID: 37312270 DOI: 10.1002/jmri.28853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2023] [Revised: 05/25/2023] [Accepted: 05/29/2023] [Indexed: 06/15/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) is an inhibitory neurotransmitter in human brains, playing a role in the pathogenesis of various psychiatric disorders. Current methods have some non-neglectable shortcomings and noninvasive and accurate detection of GABA in human brains is long-term challenge. PURPOSE To develop a pulse sequence capable of selectively detecting and quantifying the 1 H signal of GABA in human brains based on optimal controlled spin singlet order. STUDY TYPE Prospective. SUBJECTS/PHANTOM A phantom of GABA (pH = 7.3 ± 0.1) and 11 healthy subjects (5 females and 6 males, body mass index: 21 ± 3 kg/m2 , age: 25 ± 4 years). FIELD STRENGTH/SEQUENCE 7 Tesla, 3 Tesla, GABA-targeted magnetic resonance spectroscopy (GABA-MRS-7 T, GABA-MRS-3 T), magnetization prepared two rapid acquisition gradient echoes sequence. ASSESSMENT By using the developed pulse sequences applied on the phantom and healthy subjects, the signals of GABA were successfully selectively probed. Quantification of the signals yields the concentration of GABA in the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (dACC) in human brains. STATISTICAL TESTS Frequency. RESULTS The 1 H signals of GABA in the phantom and in the human brains of healthy subjects were successfully detected. The concentration of GABA in the dACC of human brains was 3.3 ± 1.5 mM. DATA CONCLUSION The developed pulse sequences can be used to selectively probe the 1 H MR signals of GABA in human brains in vivo. EVIDENCE LEVEL 1 TECHNICAL EFFICACY STAGE: 1.
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- Xue Yang
- Physics Department and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance, School of Physics and Electronic Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200062, China
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- Institute of Science and Technology for Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China
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- Application Developments, Siemens Shenzhen Magnetic Resonance Ltd, Shenzhen, 518057, China
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- MR Collaboration, Siemens Healthineers Ltd, Shanghai, China
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- Physics Department and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance, School of Physics and Electronic Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200062, China
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- Institute of Science and Technology for Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China
- Department of Neurology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- Physics Department and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance, School of Physics and Electronic Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200062, China
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- Physics Department and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance, School of Physics and Electronic Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200062, China
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Choi IY, Andronesi OC, Barker P, Bogner W, Edden RAE, Kaiser LG, Lee P, Marjańska M, Terpstra M, de Graaf RA. Spectral editing in 1 H magnetic resonance spectroscopy: Experts' consensus recommendations. NMR IN BIOMEDICINE 2021; 34:e4411. [PMID: 32946145 PMCID: PMC8557623 DOI: 10.1002/nbm.4411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2020] [Revised: 08/31/2020] [Accepted: 09/01/2020] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Spectral editing in in vivo 1 H-MRS provides an effective means to measure low-concentration metabolite signals that cannot be reliably measured by conventional MRS techniques due to signal overlap, for example, γ-aminobutyric acid, glutathione and D-2-hydroxyglutarate. Spectral editing strategies utilize known J-coupling relationships within the metabolite of interest to discriminate their resonances from overlying signals. This consensus recommendation paper provides a brief overview of commonly used homonuclear editing techniques and considerations for data acquisition, processing and quantification. Also, we have listed the experts' recommendations for minimum requirements to achieve adequate spectral editing and reliable quantification. These include selecting the right editing sequence, dealing with frequency drift, handling unwanted coedited resonances, spectral fitting of edited spectra, setting up multicenter clinical trials and recommending sequence parameters to be reported in publications.
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- In-Young Choi
- Department of Neurology, Hoglund Biomedical Imaging Center, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas
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- Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, F. M. Kirby Center for Functional MRI, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, Maryland
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- High-field MR Center, Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image-guided Therapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, F. M. Kirby Center for Functional MRI, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Henry H. Wheeler, Jr. Brain Imaging Center, University of California, Berkeley, California
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- Department of Radiology, Hoglund Biomedical Imaging Center, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas
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- Center for Magnetic Resonance Research, Department of Radiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Center for Magnetic Resonance Research, Department of Radiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
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Cuypers K, Marsman A. Transcranial magnetic stimulation and magnetic resonance spectroscopy: Opportunities for a bimodal approach in human neuroscience. Neuroimage 2020; 224:117394. [PMID: 32987106 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.117394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2020] [Revised: 08/18/2020] [Accepted: 09/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Over the last decade, there has been an increasing number of studies combining transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS). MRS provides a manner to non-invasively investigate molecular concentrations in the living brain and thus identify metabolites involved in physiological and pathological processes. Particularly the MRS-detectable metabolites glutamate, the major excitatory neurotransmitter, and gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), the major inhibitory neurotransmitter, are of interest when combining TMS and MRS. TMS is a non-invasive brain stimulation technique that can be applied either as a neuromodulation or neurostimulation tool, specifically targeting glutamatergic and GABAergic mechanisms. The combination of TMS and MRS can be used to evaluate alterations in brain metabolite levels following an interventional TMS protocol such as repetitive TMS (rTMS) or paired associative stimulation (PAS). MRS can also be combined with a variety of non-interventional TMS protocols to identify the interplay between brain metabolite levels and measures of excitability or receptor-mediated inhibition and facilitation. In this review, we provide an overview of studies performed in healthy and patient populations combining MRS and TMS, both as a measurement tool and as an intervention. TMS and MRS may reveal complementary and comprehensive information on glutamatergic and GABAergic neurotransmission. Potentially, connectivity changes and dedicated network interactions can be probed using the combined TMS-MRS approach. Considering the ongoing technical developments in both fields, combined studies hold future promise for investigations of brain network interactions and neurotransmission.
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- Koen Cuypers
- Department of Movement Sciences, Group Biomedical Sciences, Movement Control & Neuroplasticity Research Group, KU Leuven, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium; REVAL Research Institute, Hasselt University, Agoralaan, Building A, 3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Danish Research Centre for Magnetic Resonance, Centre for Functional and Diagnostic Imaging and Research, Copenhagen University Hospital Hvidovre, Section 714, Kettegård Allé 30, 26500 Hvidovre, Denmark.
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Landheer K, Schulte RF, Treacy MS, Swanberg KM, Juchem C. Theoretical description of modern1H in Vivo magnetic resonance spectroscopic pulse sequences. J Magn Reson Imaging 2019; 51:1008-1029. [DOI: 10.1002/jmri.26846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2019] [Revised: 06/14/2019] [Accepted: 06/17/2019] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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- Karl Landheer
- Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science New York New York USA
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- Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science New York New York USA
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- Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science New York New York USA
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- Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science New York New York USA
- Radiology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons New York New York USA
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Prescot AP, Prisciandaro JJ, Miller SR, Ingenito G, Kondo DG, Renshaw PF. Two-Dimensional Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy versus J-Editing for GABA Quantification in Human Brain: Insights from a GABA-Aminotransferase Inhibitor Study. Sci Rep 2018; 8:13200. [PMID: 30181656 PMCID: PMC6123452 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-31591-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2018] [Accepted: 08/22/2018] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Metabolite-specific, scalar spin-spin coupling constant (J)-editing 1H MRS methods have become gold-standard for measuring brain γ-amino butyric acid (GABA) levels in human brain. Localized, two-dimensional (2D) 1H MRS technology offers an attractive alternative as it significantly alleviates the problem of severe metabolite signal overlap associated with standard 1D MRS and retains spectroscopic information for all MRS-detectable species. However, for metabolites found at low concentration, a direct, in vivo, comprehensive methods comparison is challenging and has not been reported to date. Here, we document an assessment of comparability between 2D 1H MRS and J-editing methods for measuring GABA in human brain. This clinical study is unique in that it involved chronic administration a GABA-amino transferase (AT) inhibitor (CPP-115), which induces substantial increases in brain GABA concentration, with normalization after washout. We report a qualitative and quantitative comparison between these two measurement techniques. In general, GABA concentration changes detected using J-editing were closely mirrored by the 2D 1H MRS time courses. The data presented are particularly encouraging considering recent 2D 1H MRS methodological advances are continuing to improve temporal resolution and spatial coverage for achieving whole-brain, multi-metabolite mapping.
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- Andrew P Prescot
- Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Addiction Sciences Division, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.,Rocky Mountain Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center (MIRECC), Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.,Rocky Mountain Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center (MIRECC), Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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Harris AD, Saleh MG, Edden RAE. Edited 1 H magnetic resonance spectroscopy in vivo: Methods and metabolites. Magn Reson Med 2017; 77:1377-1389. [PMID: 28150876 PMCID: PMC5352552 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.26619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2016] [Revised: 12/30/2016] [Accepted: 12/30/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The Proton magnetic resonance (1 H-MRS) spectrum contains information about the concentration of tissue metabolites within a predefined region of interest (a voxel). The conventional spectrum in some cases obscures information about less abundant metabolites due to limited separation and complex splitting of the metabolite peaks. One method to detect these metabolites is to reduce the complexity of the spectrum using editing. This review provides an overview of the one-dimensional editing methods available to interrogate these obscured metabolite peaks. These methods include sequence optimizations, echo-time averaging, J-difference editing methods (single BASING, dual BASING, and MEGA-PRESS), constant-time PRESS, and multiple quantum filtering. It then provides an overview of the brain metabolites whose detection can benefit from one or more of these editing approaches, including ascorbic acid, γ-aminobutyric acid, lactate, aspartate, N-acetyl aspartyl glutamate, 2-hydroxyglutarate, glutathione, glutamate, glycine, and serine. Magn Reson Med 77:1377-1389, 2017. © 2017 International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.
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- Ashley D Harris
- Department of Radiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
- Child and Adolescent Imaging Research (CAIR) Program, Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T3B 6A9, Canada
- Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
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- Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
- F.M. Kirby Center for Functional Brain Imaging, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
- F.M. Kirby Center for Functional Brain Imaging, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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Grewal M, Dabas A, Saharan S, Barker PB, Edden RAE, Mandal PK. GABA quantitation using MEGA-PRESS: Regional and hemispheric differences. J Magn Reson Imaging 2016; 44:1619-1623. [PMID: 27264205 DOI: 10.1002/jmri.25324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2016] [Revised: 05/13/2016] [Accepted: 05/15/2016] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To measure in vivo brain gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) concentrations, and assess regional and hemispheric differences, using MR spectroscopy (1 H-MRS). MATERIALS AND METHODS GABA concentrations were measured bilaterally in the frontal cortex (FC), parietal cortex (PC), and occipital cortex (OC) of 21 healthy young subjects (age range 20-29 years) using 3 Tesla Philips scanner. A univariate general linear model analysis was carried out to assess the effect of region and hemisphere as well as their interaction on GABA concentrations while controlling for sex and gray matter differences. RESULTS Results indicated a significant regional dependence of GABA levels [F(2,89) = 11.725, P < 0.001, ηp2 = .209] with lower concentrations in the FC compared with both PC (P < 0.001) and OC (P < 0.001) regions. There was no significant hemispheric differences in GABA levels [F(1,89) = .172; P = 0.679; ηp2 = .002]. CONCLUSION This study reports the concentrations of GABA in the FC, PC, and OC brain regions of healthy young adults. GABA distribution exhibits hemispheric symmetry, but varies across regions; GABA levels in the FC are lower than those in the PC and OC. J. Magn. Reson. Imaging 2016;44:1619-1623.
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- Monika Grewal
- Neuroimaging and Neurospectroscopy Laboratory, National Brain Research Centre, Gurgaon, India
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- Neuroimaging and Neurospectroscopy Laboratory, National Brain Research Centre, Gurgaon, India
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- Neuroimaging and Neurospectroscopy Laboratory, National Brain Research Centre, Gurgaon, India
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- The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.,F.M. Kirby Center for Functional Brain Imaging, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.,F.M. Kirby Center for Functional Brain Imaging, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Neuroimaging and Neurospectroscopy Laboratory, National Brain Research Centre, Gurgaon, India.,The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Ratai EM, Gilberto González R. Clinical magnetic resonance spectroscopy of the central nervous system. HANDBOOK OF CLINICAL NEUROLOGY 2016; 135:93-116. [PMID: 27432661 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-444-53485-9.00005-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
Abstract
Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H MRS) is a noninvasive imaging technique that can easily be added to the conventional magnetic resonance (MR) imaging sequences. Using MRS one can directly compare spectra from pathologic or abnormal tissue and normal tissue. Metabolic changes arising from pathology that can be visualized by MRS may not be apparent from anatomy that can be visualized by conventional MR imaging. In addition, metabolic changes may precede anatomic changes. Thus, MRS is used for diagnostics, to observe disease progression, monitor therapeutic treatments, and to understand the pathogenesis of diseases. MRS may have an important impact on patient management. The purpose of this chapter is to provide practical guidance in the clinical application of MRS of the brain. This chapter provides an overview of MRS-detectable metabolites and their significance. In addition some specific current clinical applications of MRS will be discussed, including brain tumors, inborn errors of metabolism, leukodystrophies, ischemia, epilepsy, and neurodegenerative diseases. The chapter concludes with technical considerations and challenges of clinical MRS.
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- Eva-Maria Ratai
- Division of Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, and Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Boston, MA, USA.
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- Division of Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, and Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Boston, MA, USA
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Bogner W, Gagoski B, Hess AT, Bhat H, Tisdall MD, van der Kouwe AJW, Strasser B, Marjańska M, Trattnig S, Grant E, Rosen B, Andronesi OC. 3D GABA imaging with real-time motion correction, shim update and reacquisition of adiabatic spiral MRSI. Neuroimage 2014; 103:290-302. [PMID: 25255945 PMCID: PMC4312209 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2014.09.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2014] [Revised: 09/04/2014] [Accepted: 09/15/2014] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and glutamate (Glu) are the major neurotransmitters in the brain. They are crucial for the functioning of healthy brain and their alteration is a major mechanism in the pathophysiology of many neuro-psychiatric disorders. Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) is the only way to measure GABA and Glu non-invasively in vivo. GABA detection is particularly challenging and requires special MRS techniques. The most popular is MEscher-GArwood (MEGA) difference editing with single-voxel Point RESolved Spectroscopy (PRESS) localization. This technique has three major limitations: a) MEGA editing is a subtraction technique, hence is very sensitive to scanner instabilities and motion artifacts. b) PRESS is prone to localization errors at high fields (≥3T) that compromise accurate quantification. c) Single-voxel spectroscopy can (similar to a biopsy) only probe steady GABA and Glu levels in a single location at a time. To mitigate these problems, we implemented a 3D MEGA-editing MRS imaging sequence with the following three features: a) Real-time motion correction, dynamic shim updates, and selective reacquisition to eliminate subtraction artifacts due to scanner instabilities and subject motion. b) Localization by Adiabatic SElective Refocusing (LASER) to improve the localization accuracy and signal-to-noise ratio. c) K-space encoding via a weighted stack of spirals provides 3D metabolic mapping with flexible scan times. Simulations, phantom and in vivo experiments prove that our MEGA-LASER sequence enables 3D mapping of GABA+ and Glx (Glutamate+Gluatmine), by providing 1.66 times larger signal for the 3.02ppm multiplet of GABA+ compared to MEGA-PRESS, leading to clinically feasible scan times for 3D brain imaging. Hence, our sequence allows accurate and robust 3D-mapping of brain GABA+ and Glx levels to be performed at clinical 3T MR scanners for use in neuroscience and clinical applications.
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- Wolfgang Bogner
- Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; MRCE, Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image-guided Therapy, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Fetal-Neonatal Neuroimaging & Developmental Science Center, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford Centre for Clinical Magnetic Resonance Research, Oxford, UK
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- Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- MRCE, Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image-guided Therapy, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Center for Magnetic Resonance Research and Department of Radiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- MRCE, Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image-guided Therapy, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Fetal-Neonatal Neuroimaging & Developmental Science Center, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
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Contributions of magnetic resonance spectroscopy to understanding development: potential applications in the study of adolescent alcohol use and abuse. Dev Psychopathol 2014; 26:405-23. [PMID: 24621605 DOI: 10.1017/s0954579414000030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
Abstract
A growing body of research has documented structural and functional brain development during adolescence, yet little is known about neurochemical changes that occur during this important developmental period. Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) is a well-developed technology that permits the in vivo quantification of multiple brain neurochemicals relevant to neuronal health and functioning. However, MRS technology has been underused in exploring normative developmental changes during adolescence and the onset of alcohol and drug use and abuse during this developmental period. This review begins with a brief overview of normative cognitive and neurobiological development during adolescence, followed by an introduction to MRS principles. The subsequent sections provide a comprehensive review of the existing MRS studies of development and cognitive functioning in healthy children and adolescents. The final sections of this article address the potential application of MRS in identifying neurochemical predictors and consequences of alcohol use and abuse in adolescence. MRS studies of adolescent populations hold promise for advancing our understanding of neurobiological risk factors for psychopathology by identifying the biochemical signatures associated with healthy brain development, as well as neurobiological and cognitive correlates of alcohol and substance use and abuse.
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Silveri MM. GABAergic contributions to alcohol responsivity during adolescence: insights from preclinical and clinical studies. Pharmacol Ther 2014; 143:197-216. [PMID: 24631274 DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2014.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2014] [Accepted: 02/28/2014] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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There is a considerable body of literature demonstrating that adolescence is a unique age period, which includes rapid and dramatic maturation of behavioral, cognitive, hormonal and neurobiological systems. Most notably, adolescence is also a period of unique responsiveness to alcohol effects, with both hyposensitivity and hypersensitivity observed to the various effects of alcohol. Multiple neurotransmitter systems are undergoing fine-tuning during this critical period of brain development, including those that contribute to the rewarding effects of drugs of abuse. The role of developmental maturation of the γ-amino-butyric acid (GABA) system, however, has received less attention in contributing to age-specific alcohol sensitivities. This review integrates GABA findings from human magnetic resonance spectroscopy studies as they may translate to understanding adolescent-specific responsiveness to alcohol effects. Better understanding of the vulnerability of the GABA system both during adolescent development, and in psychiatric conditions that include alcohol dependence, could point to a putative mechanism, boosting brain GABA, that may have increased effectiveness for treating alcohol use disorders.
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- Marisa M Silveri
- Neurodevelopmental Laboratory on Addictions and Mental Health, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
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Arteaga de Castro CS, Boer VO, Andreychenko A, Wijnen JP, van der Heide UA, Luijten PR, Klomp DWJ. Improved efficiency on editing MRS of lactate and γ-aminobutyric acid by inclusion of frequency offset corrected inversion pulses at high fields. NMR IN BIOMEDICINE 2013; 26:1213-1219. [PMID: 23508792 DOI: 10.1002/nbm.2937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2012] [Revised: 02/06/2013] [Accepted: 02/07/2013] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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γ-Aminobutyric acid (GABA) and lactate are metabolites which are present in the brain. These metabolites can be indicators of psychiatric disorders or tumor hypoxia, respectively. The measurement of these weakly coupled spin systems can be performed using MRS editing techniques; however, at high field strength, this can be challenging. This is due to the low available B1 (+) field at high fields, which results in narrow-bandwidth refocusing pulses and, consequently, in large chemical shift displacement artifacts. In addition, as a result of the increased chemical shift displacement artifacts and chemical shift dispersion, the efficiency of the MRS method is reduced, even when using adiabatic refocusing pulses. To overcome this limitation, frequency offset corrected inversion (FOCI) pulses have been suggested as a mean to substantially increase the bandwidth of adiabatic pulses. In this study, a Mescher-Garwood semi-localization by adiabatic selection and refocusing (MEGA-sLASER) editing sequence with refocusing FOCI pulses is presented for the measurement of GABA and lactate in the human brain. Metabolite detection efficiencies were improved by 20% and 75% for GABA and lactate, respectively, when compared with editing techniques that employ adiabatic radiofrequency refocusing pulses. The highly efficient MEGA-sLASER sequence with refocusing FOCI pulses is an ideal and robust MRS editing technique for the measurement of weakly coupled metabolites at high field strengths.
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Silveri MM, Sneider JT, Crowley DJ, Covell MJ, Acharya D, Rosso IM, Jensen JE. Frontal lobe γ-aminobutyric acid levels during adolescence: associations with impulsivity and response inhibition. Biol Psychiatry 2013; 74:296-304. [PMID: 23498139 PMCID: PMC3695052 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2013.01.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 122] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2012] [Revised: 01/30/2013] [Accepted: 01/31/2013] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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BACKGROUND The brain undergoes major remodeling during adolescence, resulting in improved cognitive control and decision-making and reduced impulsivity, components of behavior mediated in part by the maturing frontal lobe. γ-Aminobutyric acid (GABA), the main inhibitory neurotransmitter system, also matures during adolescence, with frontal lobe GABA receptors reaching adult levels late in adolescence. Thus, the objective of this study was to characterize in vivo developmental differences in brain GABA levels. METHODS Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy was used at 4 T to acquire metabolite data from the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) and the parieto-occipital cortex (POC) in adolescents (n=30) and emerging adults (n = 20). RESULTS ACC GABA/creatine (Cr) levels were significantly lower in adolescents relative to emerging adults, whereas no age differences were observed in the POC. Lower ACC GABA/Cr levels were significantly associated with greater impulsivity and worse response inhibition, with relationships being most pronounced for ACC GABA/Cr and No-Go response inhibition in adolescent males. CONCLUSIONS These data provide the first human developmental in vivo evidence confirming frontal lobe GABA maturation, which was linked to impulsiveness and cognitive control. These findings suggest that reduced GABA may be an important neurobiological mechanism in the immature adolescent brain, contributing to the reduced yet rapidly developing ability to inhibit risky behaviors and to make suboptimal decisions, which could compromise adolescent health and safety.
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- Marisa M Silveri
- Neurodevelopmental Laboratory on Addictions and Mental Health, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA 02478, USA.
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Gambarota G, Bondon A, Le Floch M, Mulkern RV, Saint-Jalmes H. Selective spectral modulation of strongly coupled spins with an echo top refocusing pulse in PRESS sequences. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2013; 228:76-80. [PMID: 23357429 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2012.12.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2012] [Revised: 12/20/2012] [Accepted: 12/21/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The double spin echo is the basis of the point resolved spectroscopy (PRESS) sequence. In this study we sought to investigate the effects of a broadband 180° pulse - incorporated in the PRESS sequence at the location of the first echo (gPRESS) - on the citrate resonances, chosen as a model of strongly coupled spin system. A significant signal modulation generated by the additional 180° pulse was predicted with simulations and observed experimentally in the citrate resonances. No effects were observed on the singlet resonance of glycine and the weakly coupled resonances of lactate. The phenomenon observed in gPRESS was attributed to the off-diagonal Hamiltonian elements responsible for a coherence transfer occurring throughout the evolution periods. The results of this study show that it is necessary to assess the effects of broadband 180° pulses on strongly coupled spin systems, since these pulses can selectively modify the spectral shape of strongly coupled resonances.
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Levy LM, Degnan AJ. GABA-based evaluation of neurologic conditions: MR spectroscopy. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2013; 34:259-65. [PMID: 22268095 DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a2902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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SUMMARY GABA serves as a major neurotransmitter of the brain and functions mainly to inhibit neural excitatory activity. Disruption of the GABAergic processes appears to occur in various neurologic and psychiatric conditions, including epilepsy, mood disorders, motor disorders such as focal dystonia and stiff-person syndrome, sleep disorders, neuroplasticity, and drug and alcohol dependence. These concentration differences may be ascertained by using MR spectroscopy to provide information on the concentration of different metabolites. This review briefly discusses advances in MR spectroscopy methods and explores the application of this technique to detect changes in GABA due to disease processes and medication-induced effects.
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- L M Levy
- Department of Radiology, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20037, USA.
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Kim H, Thompson RB, Allen PS. Enhancement of spectral editing efficacy of multiple quantum filters in in vivo proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2012; 223:90-97. [PMID: 22975239 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2012.07.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2012] [Revised: 07/12/2012] [Accepted: 07/24/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The performance of multiple quantum filters (MQFs) can be disappointing when the background signal also arises from coupled spins. Moreover, at 3.0 T and even higher fields the majority of the spin systems of key brain metabolites fall into the strong-coupling regime. In this manuscript we address comprehensively, the importance of the phase of the multiple quantum coherence-generating pulse (MQ-pulse) in the design of MQFs, using both product operator and numerical analysis, in both zero and double quantum filter designs. The theoretical analyses were experimentally validated with the examples of myo-inositol editing and the separation of glutamate from glutamine. The results demonstrate that the phase of the MQ-pulse per se provides an additional spectral discrimination mechanism based on the degree of coupling beyond the conventional level-of-coherence approach of MQFs. To obtain the best spectral discrimination of strongly-coupled spin systems, therefore, the phase of the MQ-pulse must be included in the portfolio of the sequence parameters to be optimized.
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- Hyeonjin Kim
- Department of Radiology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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Napolitano A, Kockenberger W, Auer DP. Reliable gamma aminobutyric acid measurement using optimized PRESS at 3 T. Magn Reson Med 2012; 69:1528-33. [DOI: 10.1002/mrm.24397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2011] [Revised: 05/30/2012] [Accepted: 06/07/2012] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Andreychenko A, Boer VO, Arteaga de Castro CS, Luijten PR, Klomp DWJ. Efficient spectral editing at 7 T: GABA detection with MEGA-sLASER. Magn Reson Med 2011; 68:1018-25. [PMID: 22213204 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.24131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2011] [Revised: 11/21/2011] [Accepted: 11/30/2011] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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At high field (7 T) spectral editing of γ-aminobutyric acid with MEGA-point-resolved spectroscopy is inefficient due to the large chemical shift displacement error. In this article, a new pulse sequence is designed which has minimal chemical shift displacement error to perform an efficient spectral editing of the γ-aminobutyric acid 3.0 ppm resonance at 7 T. The sequence consists of the conventional MEGA editing pulses and a semi-localized by adiabatic selective refocusing sequence. Phantom and in vivo measurements demonstrated an efficient detection of γ-aminobutyric acid. Using ECG triggering, excellent in vivo performance of the MEGA-semi-localized by adiabatic selective refocusing (MEGA-sLASER) provided well-resolved γ-aminobutyric acid signals in 27 mL volumes in the human brain at an echo time of 74 ms within a relatively short acquisition time (5 min). Furthermore, the high efficiency of the MEGA-sLASER was demonstrated by acquiring small volumes (8 mL) at an echo time of 74 ms, as well as long echo time measurements (222 ms in 27 mL volume).
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- Anna Andreychenko
- Department of Radiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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Shekdar K, Wang DJ. Role of Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy in Evaluation of Congenital/Developmental Brain Abnormalities. Semin Ultrasound CT MR 2011; 32:510-38. [DOI: 10.1053/j.sult.2011.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Silveri MM, Jensen JE, Rosso IM, Sneider JT, Yurgelun-Todd DA. Preliminary evidence for white matter metabolite differences in marijuana-dependent young men using 2D J-resolved magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging at 4 Tesla. Psychiatry Res 2011; 191:201-11. [PMID: 21334181 PMCID: PMC3065822 DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2010.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2010] [Revised: 10/01/2010] [Accepted: 10/15/2010] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Chronic marijuana (MRJ) use is associated with altered cognition and mood state, altered brain metabolites, and functional and structural brain changes. The objective of this study was to apply proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging (MRSI) to compare proton metabolite levels in 15 young men with MRJ dependence and 11 healthy non-using (NU) young men. Spectra were acquired at 4.0 Tesla using 2D J-resolved MRSI to resolve coupled resonances in J-space and to quantify the entire J-coupled spectral surface of metabolites from voxels containing basal ganglia and thalamus, temporal and parietal lobes, and occipital white and gray matter. This method permitted investigation of high-quality spectra for regression analyses to examine metabolites relative to tissue type. Distribution of myo-inositol (mI)/creatine (Cr) was altered in the MRJ group whereas the NU group exhibited higher mI/Cr in WM than GM, this pattern was not observed in MRJ subjects. Significant relationships observed between global mI/Cr and distribution in WM, and self-reported impulsivity and mood symptoms were also unique between MRJ and NU groups. These preliminary findings suggest that mI, and distribution of this glial metabolite in WM, is altered by MRJ use and is associated with behavioral and affective features reported by young MRJ-dependent men.
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- Marisa M. Silveri
- Brain Imaging Center, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, USA, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA,Corresponding Author: Marisa M. Silveri, Ph.D., Brain Imaging Center, McLean Hospital, 115 Mill St., Belmont, MA 02478, Office: 617-855-2920, FAX: 617-855-2770,
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- Brain Imaging Center, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, USA, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Brain Imaging Center, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, USA, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Brain Imaging Center, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, USA, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Pan JW, Avdievich N, Hetherington HP. J-refocused coherence transfer spectroscopic imaging at 7 T in human brain. Magn Reson Med 2011; 64:1237-46. [PMID: 20648684 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.22534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Short echo spectroscopy is commonly used to minimize signal modulation due to J-evolution of the cerebral amino acids. However, short echo acquisitions suffer from high sensitivity to macromolecules which make accurate baseline determination difficult. In this report, we describe implementation at 7 T of a double echo J-refocused coherence transfer sequence at echo time (TE) of 34 msec to minimize J-modulation of amino acids while also decreasing interfering macromolecule signals. Simulation of the pulse sequence at 7 T shows excellent resolution of glutamate, glutamine, and N-acetyl aspartate. B(1) sufficiency at 7 T for the double echo acquisition is achieved using a transceiver array with radiofrequency (RF) shimming. Using an alternate RF distribution to minimize receiver phase cancellation in the transceiver, accurate phase determination for the coherence transfer is achieved with rapid single scan calibration. This method is demonstrated in spectroscopic imaging mode with n = 5 healthy volunteers resulting in metabolite values consistent with literature and in a patient with epilepsy.
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- J W Pan
- Department of Neurosurgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-0882, USA.
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Henry ME, Lauriat TL, Shanahan M, Renshaw PF, Jensen JE. Accuracy and stability of measuring GABA, glutamate, and glutamine by proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy: a phantom study at 4 Tesla. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2011; 208:210-8. [PMID: 21130670 PMCID: PMC4641575 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2010.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2010] [Revised: 10/30/2010] [Accepted: 11/08/2010] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy has the potential to provide valuable information about alterations in gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), glutamate (Glu), and glutamine (Gln) in psychiatric and neurological disorders. In order to use this technique effectively, it is important to establish the accuracy and reproducibility of the methodology. In this study, phantoms with known metabolite concentrations were used to compare the accuracy of 2D J-resolved MRS, single-echo 30 ms PRESS, and GABA-edited MEGA-PRESS for measuring all three aforementioned neurochemicals simultaneously. The phantoms included metabolite concentrations above and below the physiological range and scans were performed at baseline, 1 week, and 1 month time-points. For GABA measurement, MEGA-PRESS proved optimal with a measured-to-target correlation of R(2)=0.999, with J-resolved providing R(2)=0.973 for GABA. All three methods proved effective in measuring Glu with R(2)=0.987 (30 ms PRESS), R(2)=0.996 (J-resolved) and R(2)=0.910 (MEGA-PRESS). J-resolved and MEGA-PRESS yielded good results for Gln measures with respective R(2)=0.855 (J-resolved) and R(2)=0.815 (MEGA-PRESS). The 30 ms PRESS method proved ineffective in measuring GABA and Gln. When measurement stability at in vivo concentration was assessed as a function of varying spectral quality, J-resolved proved the most stable and immune to signal-to-noise and linewidth fluctuation compared to MEGA-PRESS and 30 ms PRESS.
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- Michael E. Henry
- Caritas St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry, 736 Cambridge St., Boston, MA 02135, USA
- McLean Hospital, Brain Imaging Center, 115 Mill St., Belmont, MA 02478, USA
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- Caritas St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry, 736 Cambridge St., Boston, MA 02135, USA
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- McLean Hospital, Brain Imaging Center, 115 Mill St., Belmont, MA 02478, USA
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- University of Utah School of Medicine, The Brain Institute and Department of Psychiatry, 50 North Medical Dr., Salt Lake City, UT 84132, USA
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- McLean Hospital, Brain Imaging Center, 115 Mill St., Belmont, MA 02478, USA
- Corresponding author. Fax: +1 617 855 2770., (J.E. Jensen)
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Lin Y, Gu T, Chen Z, Kennedy S, Jacob M, Zhong J. High-resolution MRS in the presence of field inhomogeneity via intermolecular double-quantum coherences on a 3-T whole-body scanner. Magn Reson Med 2010; 63:303-11. [PMID: 20099324 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.22224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Signals from intermolecular double-quantum coherences (iDQCs) have been shown to be insensitive to macroscopic field inhomogeneities and thus enable acquisition of high- resolution MR spectroscopy in the presence of large inhomogeneous fields. In this paper, localized iDQC (1)H spectroscopy on a whole-body 3-T MR scanner is reported. Experiments with a brain metabolite phantom were performed to quantify characteristics of the iDQC signal under different conditions. The feasibility of in vivo iDQC high-resolution MR spectroscopy in the presence of large intrinsic and external field inhomogeneity (in the order of hundreds of hertz) was demonstrated in the whole cerebellum of normal volunteers in a scan time of about 6.5 min. Major metabolite peaks were well resolved in the reconstructed one-dimensional spectra projected from two-dimensional iDQC acquisitions. Investigations on metabolite ratios, signal-to-noise ratio, and line width were performed and compared with results obtained with conventional point-resolved spectroscopy/MR spectroscopy in homogeneous fields. Metabolite ratios from iDQC results showed excellent consistency under different in vitro and in vivo conditions, and they were similar to those from point-resolved spectroscopy with small voxel sizes in homogeneous fields. MR spectroscopy with iDQCs can be applied potentially for quantification of gross metabolite changes due to diseases in large brain volumes with high field inhomogeneity.
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- Yanqin Lin
- Department of Imaging Sciences, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14642-8648, USA
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Thompson RB, Allen PS. Contamination of single-voxel multiple quantum filters by external water signals arising from intermolecular multiple quantum coherences. Magn Reson Med 2009; 62:796-801. [PMID: 19449371 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.22061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Multiple-quantum filtered pulse sequences simplify overlapping metabolite spectra by the elimination of peaks from uncoupled spin species, most notably from methyl groups and water, and the minimization of unwanted coupled-spin peaks. However, it is shown in this study that a significant contaminant water signal can pass through this family of filters in the form of intermolecular multiple-quantum coherences. An imaging evaluation of a single-voxel multiple quantum filter experiment confirms that the water contamination is excited from outside of the voxel of interest, thus having an increased potential for broad spectral contamination. Phantom and in vivo experiments at 3.0 T are used to illustrate, first, significant water contamination of a single-voxel double quantum filter experiment optimized for the observation of glutamate, and second, the elimination of the unwanted water signal with conventional phase cycling and optimized filter gradient orientations.
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- Richard B Thompson
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
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Snyder J, Hanstock CC, Wilman AH. Spectral editing of weakly coupled spins using variable flip angles in PRESS constant echo time difference spectroscopy: application to GABA. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2009; 200:245-250. [PMID: 19648038 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2009.07.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2009] [Revised: 07/08/2009] [Accepted: 07/08/2009] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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A general in vivo magnetic resonance spectroscopy editing technique is presented to detect weakly coupled spin systems through subtraction, while preserving singlets through addition, and is applied to the specific brain metabolite gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) at 4.7 T. The new method uses double spin echo localization (PRESS) and is based on a constant echo time difference spectroscopy approach employing subtraction of two asymmetric echo timings, which is normally only applicable to strongly coupled spin systems. By utilizing flip angle reduction of one of the two refocusing pulses in the PRESS sequence, we demonstrate that this difference method may be extended to weakly coupled systems, thereby providing a very simple yet effective editing process. The difference method is first illustrated analytically using a simple two spin weakly coupled spin system. The technique was then demonstrated for the 3.01 ppm resonance of GABA, which is obscured by the strong singlet peak of creatine in vivo. Full numerical simulations, as well as phantom and in vivo experiments were performed. The difference method used two asymmetric PRESS timings with a constant total echo time of 131 ms and a reduced 120 degrees final pulse, providing 25% GABA yield upon subtraction compared to two short echo standard PRESS experiments. Phantom and in vivo results from human brain demonstrate efficacy of this method in agreement with numerical simulations.
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- Jeff Snyder
- Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
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Watanabe H, Takaya N, Mitsumori F. Simultaneous observation of glutamate, gamma-aminobutyric acid, and glutamine in human brain at 4.7 T using localized two-dimensional constant-time correlation spectroscopy. NMR IN BIOMEDICINE 2008; 21:518-526. [PMID: 18351694 DOI: 10.1002/nbm.1223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Localized two-dimensional constant-time correlation spectroscopy (CT-COSY) was used to resolve glutamate (Glu), gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), and glutamine (Gln) in the human brain at 4.7 T. In this method, three-dimensional localization was achieved using three radio frequency pulses of the CT-COSY module for slice selection. As this sequence could decouple JHH along the F1 direction, peak resolution of metabolites was improved even on a magnitude-mode display. In experiments on a phantom containing N-acetylaspartate, creatine, Glu, Gln, and GABA with a constant time delay (Tct) of 110 ms, cross peaks of Glu, Gln, and GABA were obtained on a spectrum processed with standard sine-bell windows, which emphasize sine-dependent signals along the t2 direction. In contrast, diagonal peaks of Glu C4H at 2.35 ppm, GABA C2H at 2.28 ppm, and Gln C4H at 2.44 ppm were resolved on a spectrum processed with Gaussian windows, which emphasize cosine-dependent signals along t2. Human brain spectra were obtained from a 27 mL voxel within the parieto-occipital region using a volume transverse electromagnetic (TEM) coil for both transmission and reception. Tct was 110 ms; the total scan time was 30 min. Diagonal peaks of Glu C4H, GABA C2H, and Gln C4H were also resolved on the spectrum processed with Gaussian windows. These results show that the localized two-dimensional CT-COSY method featuring 1H decoupling along the F1 direction could resolve Glu, GABA, and Gln signals in the human brain.
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- H Watanabe
- Environmental Chemistry Division, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Ibaraki, Japan
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Kaiser LG, Young K, Meyerhoff DJ, Mueller SG, Matson GB. A detailed analysis of localized J-difference GABA editing: theoretical and experimental study at 4 T. NMR IN BIOMEDICINE 2008; 21:22-32. [PMID: 17377933 DOI: 10.1002/nbm.1150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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The problem of low signal-to-noise ratio for gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) in vivo is exacerbated by inefficient detection schemes and non-optimal experimental parameters. To analyze the mechanisms for GABA signal loss of a MEGA-PRESS J-difference sequence at 4 T, numerical simulations were performed ranging from ideal to realistic experimental implementation, including volume selection and experimental radio frequency (RF) pulse shapes with a macromolecular minimization scheme. The simulations were found to be in good agreement with phantom and in vivo data from human brain. The overall GABA signal intensity for the simulations with realistic conditions for the MEGA-PRESS difference spectrum was calculated to be almost half of the signal simulated under ideal conditions (~43% signal loss). In contrast, creatine was reduced significantly less then GABA (~19% signal loss). The 'four-compartment' distribution due to J-coupling in the PRESS-based localization was one of the most significant sources of GABA signal loss, in addition to imperfect RF profiles for volume selection and editing. An alternative strategy that reduces signal loss due to the four-compartment distribution is suggested. In summary, a detailed analysis of J-difference editing is provided with estimates of the relative amounts of GABA signal losses due to various mechanisms. The numerical simulations presented in this study should facilitate both implementation of the more efficient acquisition and quantification process of J-coupled systems.
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- L G Kaiser
- Northern California Institute for Research and Education, San Francisco, CA, USA.
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Yahya A, Gino Fallone B. Incorporating homonuclear polarization transfer into PRESS for proton spectral editing: illustration with lactate and glutathione. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2007; 188:111-21. [PMID: 17638584 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2007.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2007] [Revised: 06/19/2007] [Accepted: 06/19/2007] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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A proton spectral editing pulse sequence for the detection of metabolites with spin systems that involve weak coupling is presented. The sequence is based on homonuclear polarization transfer incorporated into the standard PRESS (Point RESolved Spectroscopy) sequence, which is a volume-selective double spin echo method, to enable spatial localization. All peaks in the region of interest are initially suppressed whether they are peaks from the target metabolite or from contaminating background. The target signal is then restored by polarization transfer from a proton that has a resonance outside the suppressed region and to which the target spins are weakly coupled. This is achieved by the application of a 90 degrees hard pulse with phase orthogonal to that of the PRESS excitation pulse at the location of the first echo in PRESS and by optimizing the two PRESS timings, TE(1) and TE(2), for most efficient yield. Background signal not coupled to any protons outside the initially saturated region remains suppressed. The advantage of this sequence compared to multiple quantum filters is that signal from singlet peaks outside the suppressed area are preserved and can thus be used as a reference. The efficacy of the sequence was verified experimentally on phantom solutions of lactate and glutathione at 3.0 T. For the AX(3) spin system of lactate, the sequence timings were optimized by product operator calculations whereas for the ABX spin system of the cysteinyl group of glutathione numerical calculations were performed for sequence timing optimization.
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- Atiyah Yahya
- Department of Medical Physics, Cross Cancer Institute, 11560 University Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 1Z2
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Over the past two decades, proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (proton MRS) of the brain has made the transition from research tool to a clinically useful modality. In this review, we first describe the localization methods currently used in MRS studies of the brain and discuss the technical and practical factors that determine the applicability of the methods to particular clinical studies. We also describe each of the resonances detected by localized solvent-suppressed proton MRS of the brain and discuss the metabolic and biochemical information that can be derived from an analysis of their concentrations. We discuss spectral quantitation and summarize the reproducibility of both single-voxel and multivoxel methods at 1.5 and 3-4 T. We have selected three clinical neurologic applications in which there has been a consensus as to the diagnostic value of MRS and summarize the information relevant to clinical applications. Finally, we speculate about some of the potential technical developments, either in progress or in the future, that may lead to improvements in the performance of proton MRS.
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- Yael Rosen
- Department of Radiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, 02215 Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Radiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, 02215 Boston, Massachusetts
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Lymer K, Haga K, Marshall I, Sailasuta N, Wardlaw J. Reproducibility of GABA measurements using 2D J-resolved magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Magn Reson Imaging 2007; 25:634-40. [PMID: 17540274 DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2006.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2006] [Accepted: 10/01/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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We determined the reproducibility of GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid) measurements using 2D J-resolved magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) on a clinical 1.5-T MR imaging scanner. Two-dimensional J-resolved spectra were acquired in vitro across five GABA concentrations using a volume head coil and a 5-in. surface coil. Additional spectra using a sixth GABA phantom with a very low concentration and from a healthy volunteer were recorded in the 5-in. surface coil only. In each case, the 3.01-ppm GABA resonance was quantified; for comparison, the peak integrals of choline (3.2 ppm) and creatine (3.03 ppm) were recorded. At a physiological concentration (1.2 mM), in vitro GABA measurement was significantly more reproducible in the surface coil than in the volume coil (P=.005), with coefficients of variation (CVs) being less than 16% with the surface coil and up to 68% with the volume head coil. At the smallest concentration of in vivo GABA reported using other spectroscopy techniques (0.8 mM) and detected only using the surface coil, the CV for GABA was 23% and was less than 10% for choline and creatine, which compare favorably with results from published studies. In vivo, the CV for GABA measurement was 26%, suggesting that 2D J-resolved MRS would be suitable for detecting physiological changes in GABA, similar to those reported using other methods.
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- Katherine Lymer
- Division of Psychiatry, School of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Morningside Park, Edinburgh, UK.
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Allouche AR, Aubert-Frécon M, Graveron-Demilly D. Quantum chemistry-based NMR spin Hamiltonian parameters of GABA for quantitation in magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2007; 9:3098-103. [PMID: 17612733 DOI: 10.1039/b700631d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Chemical shifts delta and spin-spin coupling constants J have been calculated using quantum chemistry approaches for the gamma-amino butyric acid GABA which is a brain metabolite. Two theoretical methods HF and DFT/B3LYP, two basis sets 6-31G* and 6-311+G(2d,p) and two gauge-invariant methods CSGT and GIAO have been used. From delta and J values, NMR spectra have been obtained from the strongly coupled spin system Hamiltonian using the NMR-SCOPE package. Solvent effects have been considered within the polarisable continuum model. Comparisons between calculated and experimental NMR spectra at 300 MHz show that our best results correspond to the B3LYP/6-311+G(2d,p)-GIAO calculations. They are seen to be in good agreement with experiment. This demonstrates the usefulness of quantum chemistry methods for estimating NMR spin Hamiltonian parameters involved in specific algorithms used for quantitation of metabolites such as GABA.
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- A R Allouche
- Université Lyon1, CNRS, LASIM UMR 5579, bât. A. Kastler, Villeurbanne, France.
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Simister RJ, McLean MA, Barker GJ, Duncan JS. Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy of malformations of cortical development causing epilepsy. Epilepsy Res 2007; 74:107-15. [PMID: 17379481 DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2007.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2006] [Revised: 01/15/2007] [Accepted: 02/14/2007] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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PURPOSE To use proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) to measure concentrations of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and glutamate plus glutamine (GLX) in adult patients with refractory epilepsy associated with malformations of cortical development (MCD). METHODS We used MRS to measure N-acetyl aspartate (NAA), creatine plus phosphocreatine (Cr) and choline containing compounds (Cho), as well as GLX, and GABA. Fifteen patients with epilepsy attributable to MCD and 15 healthy controls were studied. Nine of the MCD group had heterotopia and six had polymicrogyria. Quantitative short echo time MRS [echo time (TE)=30 ms, repetition time (TR)=3000 ms] was performed in the MRI evident MCD and in the occipital lobes of the control group and the concentrations of NAA, Cr, Cho, and GLX were measured. GABA plus homocarnosine (GABA+) was measured in the same regions using a double quantum filter. RESULTS The dominant abnormalities in the patient group were elevation of Cho and GLX and reduction in NAAt compared to the control group. The ratios GLX/NAAt and GABA+/Cr were also increased in the patient group whilst the ratio NAAt/Cr was decreased. NAAt was significantly lower in polymicrogyria than heterotopia. CONCLUSIONS Large cortical malformations had abnormal levels of both GLX and GABA+/Cr. Low NAAt and high Cho were also observed. These results indicate that MCD show spectroscopic features of primitive tissue and abnormal metabolism of both inhibitory and excitatory neurotransmitters.
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- Robert J Simister
- MRI Unit, The National Society for Epilepsy and Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy, Institute of Neurology, University College London, London WC1N 3BG, UK
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Kaiser LG, Young K, Matson GB. Elimination of spatial interference in PRESS-localized editing spectroscopy. Magn Reson Med 2007; 58:813-8. [PMID: 17899586 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.21407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Unambiguous detection of gamma-amino butyric acid (GABA) in the human brain is hindered by low concentration and spectral overlap with other metabolites. The popular MEGA-PRESS (PRESS: point-resolved spectroscopic sequence) method allows spectral separation of GABA from other metabolites, but suffers from a significant signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) reduction due to the 4-compartment artifact. An alternative PRESS localization technique (PRESS+4) was investigated and compared to MEGA-PRESS using numerical simulations, phantom, and in vivo experiments. It was shown that while the MEGA-PRESS method suffers significant signal loss ( approximately equal 20% for the difference spectrum), GABA signal intensity in PRESS+4 is reduced by only 2% compared to the nonlocalized condition at 4T. The improved method retains important features of the popular MEGA-PRESS such as additional water suppression and macromolecular elimination as demonstrated in human brain experiments. This method is not limited to GABA J-difference editing, but can be applied in any PRESS-based experiments. It should prove particularly useful at higher field, where the 4-compartment artifact is especially detrimental.
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- Lana G Kaiser
- Northern California Institute for Research and Education, San Francisco, California, USA.
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Moore CM, Wardrop M, deB Frederick B, Renshaw PF. Topiramate raises anterior cingulate cortex glutamine levels in healthy men; a 4.0 T magnetic resonance spectroscopy study. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 2006; 188:236-43. [PMID: 16944105 DOI: 10.1007/s00213-006-0451-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2006] [Accepted: 05/20/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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RATIONALE Potential mechanisms of action of topiramate include alterations of glutamatergic and GABAergic systems. In particular, topiramate has been shown to increase occipital cortex GABA levels, as measured using proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS). OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to measure the effect of acute oral topiramate on the GABA precursors glutamate and glutamine in the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) and occipital lobe (OL) using high-field (4.0 T) proton MRS (1H MRS). METHODS Proton MR spectra were acquired from healthy men at three times: at baseline and 2 and 6 h after ingesting 50 (N=5) or 100 mg (N=5) of topiramate. Blood samples were acquired prior to each scan for the purpose of obtaining serum topiramate levels. RESULTS A 100-mg dose of topiramate significantly increased ACC glutamine levels within 2 h of ingestion and OL glutamine levels within 6 h of ingestion. There were no measured significant effects of topiramate on ACC or OL glutamate levels. CONCLUSIONS A 100-mg dose of oral topiramate increased serum topiramate and ACC glutamine levels within 2 h. OL glutamine levels increased within 6 h. Increased brain glutamine levels may be a consequence of topiramate positively modulating GABAA receptors. This result is of interest given the possible role for topiramate in the treatment of epilepsy, migraine headache, bipolar disorder, eating disorders, and alcohol dependence.
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- Constance M Moore
- Brain Imaging Center, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA 02478, and Consolidated Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
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Choi IY, Lee SP, Merkle H, Shen J. In vivo detection of gray and white matter differences in GABA concentration in the human brain. Neuroimage 2006; 33:85-93. [PMID: 16884929 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2006.06.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2006] [Revised: 05/26/2006] [Accepted: 06/18/2006] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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A novel selective multiple quantum filtering-based chemical shift imaging method was developed for acquiring GABA images in the human brain at 3 T. This method allows a concomitant acquisition of an interleaved total creatine image with the same spatial resolution. Using T(1)-based image segmentation and a nonlinear least square regression analysis of GABA-to-total creatine concentration ratios in frontal and parietal lobes of healthy adult volunteers as a function of the tissue gray matter fraction, the mean GABA concentration in gray and white matter was determined to be 1.30+/-0.36 micromol/g and 0.16+/-0.16 micromol/g (mean+/-SD, n=13), respectively. It is expected that this method will become a useful tool for studying GABAergic function in the human brain in vivo.
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- In-Young Choi
- The Nathan Kline Institute, Medical Physics, Orangeburg, NY 10962, USA.
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Zhao T, Heberlein K, Jonas C, Jones DP, Hu X. New double quantum coherence filter for localized detection of glutathione in vivo. Magn Reson Med 2006; 55:676-80. [PMID: 16447170 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.20788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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In this work, a new double quantum filter for glutathione (GSH) editing is introduced, combined with the point-resolved spectroscopy localization sequence (PRESS), and demonstrated in vivo. Compared to the conventional double quantum coherence filter, the new filter has two major advantages. First, it eliminates the need for calibration scans for optimizing the signal yield, making it more efficient and convenient for routine use. Second, it removes the influence of water saturation pulses on the GSH yield, further improving its accuracy. With this method, GSH concentrations in the left and right parietal lobes of five healthy volunteers were determined to be 0.91+/-0.16 mM and 0.89+/-0.16 mM, respectively, in agreement with previous studies.
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- Tiejun Zhao
- The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Emory University/Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta GA, USA
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Jensen JE, Frederick BDB, Renshaw PF. Grey and white matter GABA level differences in the human brain using two-dimensional, J-resolved spectroscopic imaging. NMR IN BIOMEDICINE 2005; 18:570-6. [PMID: 16273508 DOI: 10.1002/nbm.994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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A novel, two-dimensional, J-resolved chemical-shift imaging sequence was used to collect gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) spectroscopic imaging data on six healthy subjects at 4 T. Using image segmentation and a linear-regression analysis relating brain GABA level to tissue-type, a consistent and significant (n = 6, p < 0.01) elevation of mean GABA levels was measured in the cortical grey matter (0.96 +/- 0.24 mm) compared with white matter (0.44 +/- 0.16 mm) across all six subjects. The results suggest an approximately two-fold elevation of GABA levels in cortical grey matter compared with white matter in vivo. Our findings are consistent with ex vivo studies in the literature of both animal and human brain and demonstrate the significant potential of this technique for detecting and quantifying tissue-specific neurochemical pathology in vivo.
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- J Eric Jensen
- Brain Imaging Center, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA 02478-9106, USA
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Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) has been used for more than two decades to interrogate metabolite distributions in living cells and tissues. Techniques have been developed that allow multiple spectra to be obtained simultaneously with individual volume elements as small as 1 uL of tissue (i.e., 1 x 1 x 1 mm(3)). The most common modern applications of in vivo MRS use endogenous signals from (1)H, (31)P, or (23)Na. Important contributions have also been made using exogenous compounds containing (19)F, (13)C, or (17)O. MRS has been used to investigate cardiac and skeletal muscle energetics, neurobiology, and cancer. This review focuses on the latter applications, with specific reference to the measurement of tissue choline, which has proven to be a tumor biomarker that is significantly affected by anticancer therapies.
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- Robert J Gillies
- Arizona Cancer Center, 1515 Campbell Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85724-5024, USA.
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Choi IY, Lee SP, Shen J. Selective homonuclear Hartmann-Hahn transfer method for in vivo spectral editing in the human brain. Magn Reson Med 2005; 53:503-10. [PMID: 15723418 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.20381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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A novel selective homonuclear Hartmann-Hahn transfer method for in vivo spectral editing is proposed and applied to measurements of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) in the human brain at 3 T. The proposed method utilizes a new concept for in vivo spectral editing, the spectral selectivity of which is not based on a conventional editing pulse but based on the stringent requirement of the doubly selective Hartmann-Hahn match. The sensitivity and spectral selectivity of GABA detection achieved by this doubly selective Hartmann-Hahn match scheme was superior to that achievable by conventional in vivo spectral editing techniques providing both sensitivity enhancement and excellent suppression of overlapping resonances in a single shot. Since double-quantum filtering gradients were not employed, singlets such as the NAA methyl group at 2.02 ppm and the creatine methylene group at 3.92 ppm were detected simultaneously. These singlets may serve as navigators for the spectral phase of GABA and for frequency shifts during measurements. The estimated concentration of GABA in the frontoparietal region of the human brain in vivo was 0.7 +/- 0.2 mumol/g (mean +/- SD, n = 12).
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- In-Young Choi
- Medical Physics, Nathan Kline Institute, 140 Old Orangeburg Road, Orangeburg, NY 10962, USA.
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Mason G, Bendszus M, Meyerhoff D, Hetherington H, Schweinsburg B, Ross B, Taylor M, Krystal J. Magnetic resonance spectroscopic studies of alcoholism: from heavy drinking to alcohol dependence and back again. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2005; 29:150-158. [PMID: 15895489 DOI: 10.1097/01.alc.0000150010.72739.58] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Choi C, Coupland NJ, Hanstock CC, Ogilvie CJ, Higgins ACM, Gheorghiu D, Allen PS. Brain γ-aminobutyric acid measurement by proton double-quantum filtering with selectiveJ rewinding. Magn Reson Med 2005; 54:272-9. [PMID: 16032672 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.20563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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An optimized single-shot proton double-quantum (DQ) filter for the quantification of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) levels in human brain is reported. It is demonstrated that creation of DQ coherences following dual-resonance-selective refocusing gives a theoretical editing efficiency of 50% for the detection of the GABA resonance at 3.01 ppm. The sequence times are optimized with both numerical and experimental analyses of the editing performance, giving an experimental editing efficiency of 42%. It is acknowledged that homocarnosine is partially coedited, leading to a 20% contribution to the edited signal; however, macromolecule contamination is negligible in vivo under these experimental conditions. The GABA concentration in human prefrontal cortex is estimated to be 0.8 +/- 0.1 micromol/g (mean +/- SD, n = 6), with reference to the internal standard creatine at 9 micromol/g.
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- Changho Choi
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Yahya A, Allen PS. Effect of strong homonuclear proton coupling on localized13C detection using PRESS. Magn Reson Med 2005; 54:1340-50. [PMID: 16270329 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.20725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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The effect of strong homonuclear proton coupling on (13)C incorporation measurements by either indirect or direct means was investigated (and illustrated with glutamate) both numerically and experimentally at 3.0 T. In particular, two sequences were considered, each using a proton PRESS sequence for localization. The indirect (13)C detection method incorporated the POCE (proton observe carbon edited) technique onto PRESS, and for direct (13)C detection a DEPT (distortionless enhancement by polarization transfer) sequence was appended to the PRESS localization. Both analysis and experiment demonstrate that when strong homonuclear coupling of protons is additional to heteronuclear coupling with (13)C spins, the (13)C measures derived from either the indirect PRESS-POCE sequence or the direct-but-enhanced PRESS-DEPT sequence are significantly modified. Specifically, the MR lineshapes of both (13)C-bonded and nonbonded protons are changed during (13)C incorporation, giving rise, for example, to a potential cross-contamination of < or =30% between glutamate (13)C(3) and (13)C(4) measures from the PRESS-POCE indirect method. During direct-but-enhanced detection, the DEPT enhancement is reduced for glutamate (13)C(2), (13)C(3), and (13)C(4) but not equally, and the reduction is further exacerbated by proton PRESS localization, which gives rise to enhancements that are strong functions of PRESS TE(1) and TE(2).
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- Atiyah Yahya
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Jensen JE, Frederick BD, Wang L, Brown J, Renshaw PF. Two-dimensional, J-resolved spectroscopic imaging of GABA at 4 Tesla in the human brain. Magn Reson Med 2005; 54:783-8. [DOI: 10.1002/mrm.20644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Shen J, Yang J, Choi IY, Li SS, Chen Z. A new strategy for in vivo spectral editing. Application to GABA editing using selective homonuclear polarization transfer spectroscopy. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2004; 170:290-298. [PMID: 15388093 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2004.05.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2004] [Revised: 05/05/2004] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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A novel single-shot in vivo spectral editing method is proposed in which the signal to be detected, is regenerated anew from the thermal equilibrium magnetization of a source to which it is J-coupled. The thermal equilibrium magnetization of the signal to be detected together with those of overlapping signals are suppressed by single-shot gradient dephasing prior to the signal regeneration process. Application of this new strategy to in vivo GABA editing using selective homonuclear polarization transfer allows complete suppression of overlapping creatine and glutathione while detecting the GABA-4 methylene resonance at 3.02 ppm with an editing yield similar to that of conventional editing methods. The NAA methyl group at 2.02 ppm was simultaneously detected and can be used as an internal navigator echo for correcting the zero order phase and frequency shifts and as an internal reference for concentration. This new method has been demonstrated for robust in vivo GABA editing in the rat brain and for study of GABA synthesis after acute vigabatrin administration.
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- Jun Shen
- Molecular Imaging Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Building 10, Room 2D51A, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892-1527, USA.
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Ke Y, Streeter CC, Nassar LE, Sarid-Segal O, Hennen J, Yurgelun-Todd DA, Awad LA, Rendall MJ, Gruber SA, Nason A, Mudrick MJ, Blank SR, Meyer AA, Knapp C, Ciraulo DA, Renshaw PF. Frontal lobe GABA levels in cocaine dependence: a two-dimensional, J-resolved magnetic resonance spectroscopy study. Psychiatry Res 2004; 130:283-93. [PMID: 15135161 DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2003.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2003] [Revised: 10/28/2003] [Accepted: 12/04/2003] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Non-invasive measures of brain gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) concentrations may be especially useful in the identification of cocaine-related changes in brain chemistry that can be used to guide the development of future treatments for cocaine-dependent persons. This study assessed whether brain GABA levels in cocaine-dependent subjects with and without an alcohol disorder differ from GABA levels in healthy comparison subjects. Two-dimensional, proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy was used to determine GABA levels in the left prefrontal lobe of cocaine-dependent subjects (N=35) recruited from a National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)-sponsored treatment trial of cocaine dependence and a comparison group (N=20). At treatment baseline, mean GABA concentrations were 0.93+/-0.27 mM/kg in cocaine-dependent subjects and 1.32+/-0.44 mM/kg in the comparison sample (t [d.f.=53]=3.65, P<0.001). Cocaine-dependent subjects with a history of a co-morbid alcohol disorder (N=23) had significantly lower baseline GABA levels (0.87 mM/kg) (t [d.f.=41]=4.31, P<0.001) than the comparison group. However, cocaine-dependent subjects without an alcohol disorder (N=12) also had lower GABA levels (1.04 mM/kg) than the comparison subjects (t [d.f.=30]=2.09, P=0.045), suggesting that cocaine dependence alone can decrease GABA levels.
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- Yong Ke
- Brain Imaging Center, McLean Hospital, 115 Mill St., Belmont, MA 02478, USA.
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Kim H, Wild JM, Allen PS. Strategy for the spectral filtering of myo-inositol and other strongly coupled spins. Magn Reson Med 2004; 51:263-72. [PMID: 14755650 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.10697] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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A multiple quantum filter strategy is presented for spectrally discriminating metabolites with strongly coupled spins from those whose spins are either uncoupled or weakly coupled. The strategy also includes a means for selectively suppressing the background multiplets of metabolites that also have strongly coupled spins. As a demonstration of its efficacy at 3.0 T, the strategy is shown to enhance by a factor of approximately 5 the signal-to-background ratio of the myo-inositol band at 3.6 ppm relative to that in response to a PRESS sequence with the same sequence timings. This is done by eliminating the uncoupled resonance of glycine and the weakly coupled multiplets of glutamate and glutamine, and by selectively suppressing the strongly coupled taurine multiplet 3-fold. The macromolecular background was effectively removed through its transverse decay over 105 ms. The associated cost of gaining the signal to background enhancement is a drop in signal yield by a factor of 0.75 relative to PRESS at the same timings. The myo-inositol signal to noise ratio was nevertheless maintained by the filter at approximately 12.
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- Hyeonjin Kim
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Choi IY, Lee SP, Merkle H, Shen J. Single-shot two-echo technique for simultaneous measurement of GABA and creatine in the human brain in vivo. Magn Reson Med 2004; 51:1115-21. [PMID: 15170830 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.20082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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A single-shot, two-echo method for the simultaneous detection of multiple-quantum (MQ)-filtered gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and creatine (Cr) was developed and demonstrated in the human brain in vivo at 3 Tesla. The simultaneously measured Cr singlet served as a navigator for the spectral phase of GABA and any frequency shift during measurements due to drift in the static magnetic field (B(0)) or subject movement, as well as an internal concentration reference. In addition, the use of a double-band frequency-selective MQ filter for C(3) and C(4) methylene protons of GABA provided a very robust measurement of GABA, with excellent suppression of overlapping metabolites such as Cr and glutathione (GSH) in each single scan. Contamination from overlapping macromolecules was also demonstrated to be negligible with this method. The GABA-to-Cr ratio was 0.09 +/- 0.03 (mean +/- SD, N = 17) and the estimated concentration of GABA in the frontoparietal region of the human brain in vivo was 0.66 +/- 0.19 micromol/g (mean +/- SD, N = 17) with the internal reference method, and 0.69 +/- 0.18 micromol/g (mean +/- SD, N = 17) with the external reference method. The observed pattern of GABA doublet was consistent among all subjects, with a frequency separation of approximately 13 Hz.
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- In-Young Choi
- Nathan Kline Institute, Medical Physics, Orangeburg, New York 10962, USA.
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Du F, Chu WJ, Yang B, Den Hollander JA, Ng TC. In vivo GABA detection with improved selectivity and sensitivity by localized double quantum filter technique at 4.1T. Magn Reson Imaging 2004; 22:103-8. [PMID: 14972399 DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2003.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2002] [Revised: 06/02/2003] [Accepted: 06/03/2003] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) is the major inhibitory neurotransmitter for the normal function of mammal and human brain. It is difficult to detect GABA signal with the conventional single quantum technique due to its relatively low concentration and overlapping with other signals from creatine (Cr), glutathione (GSH), as well as macromolecules. Using a high-selective read pulse, DANTE, and at the facility of increased sensitivity and chemical shift resolution at high-field 4.1T, GABA editing by double quantum filter (DQF) with robust suppression of Cr and GSH was achieved. Our editing efficiency of 40-50% was achievable on a GABA phantom (50 mM GABA and 61 mM choline). Furthermore, GABA editing spectra were acquired with echo time TE = 77 ms, and any possible macromolecular contamination to GABA editing spectra was found to be negligible. This high-field DQF setup was applied to 11 healthy volunteers, and the mean GABA level was measured to be 1.12 +/- 0.15 mM in the occipital lobe in reference to 7.1 mM Cr concentration.
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- Fei Du
- Department of Medicine and Comprehensive Cancer Center, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35205, USA
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Trabesinger AH, Meier D, Boesiger P. In vivo 1H NMR spectroscopy of individual human brain metabolites at moderate field strengths. Magn Reson Imaging 2003; 21:1295-302. [PMID: 14725936 DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2003.08.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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This article reviews spectral editing techniques for in vivo 1H NMR spectroscopy of human brain tissue at moderate field strengths of 1.5-3 Tesla. Various aspects of 1H NMR spectroscopy are discussed with regard to in vivo applications. The parameter set [delta, J, n] (delta being the relative chemical shift, J the scalar coupling constant and n the number of coupled spins) is used to characterize the spin systems under investigation and to classify the editing techniques that are used in in vivo 1H NMR spectroscopy.
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- Andreas H Trabesinger
- Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland
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