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ArticleMagnetic resonance in medicine2016

Simultaneous quantification of glutamate and glutamine by J-modulated spectroscopy at 3 Tesla.

Yan Zhang, Jun Shen

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Article in Magnetic resonance in medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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31citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

31 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 47 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yan ZhangMR Spectroscopy Core Facility, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Jun ShenMR Spectroscopy Core Facility, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
National Institute of Mental Health · USNational Institutes of Health · US

Funding

Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and Imaging Studies of Brain FunctionsZIAMH002803 · NIMH · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH · PI SHEN, JUN · 2009 to 2025
$24.9M
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Core FacilityZICMH002894 · NIMH · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH · PI SHEN, JUN · 2009 to 2024
$13.5M
Intramural NIH HHS ZIC MH002894
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe echo time (TE) averaged spectrum is the one-dimensional (1D) cross-section of the J-resolved spectrum at J = 0. In multiecho TE-averaged spectroscopy, glutamate (Glu) is differentiated from glutamine (Gln) at 3 Tesla (T). This method, however, almost entirely suppresses Gln resonance lines around 2.35 ppm, leaving Gln undetermined. This study presents a novel method for quantifying both Glu and Gln using multi-echo spectral data.

methodsA 1D cross-section of J-resolved spectroscopy at J = 7.5 Hz-referred to as J-modulated spectroscopy-was developed to simultaneously quantify Glu and Gln levels in the human brain. The transverse relaxation times (T2 s) of metabolites were first determined using conventional TE-averaged spectroscopy with different starting echo time and then incorporated into the spectral model for fitting J-modulated data.

resultsSimulation and in vivo data showed that the resonance signals of Glu and Gln were clearly separated around 2.35 ppm in J-modulated spectroscopy. In the anterior cingulate cortex, both Glu and Gln levels were found to be significantly higher in gray matter than in white matter in healthy subjects (P < 10(-10) and < 10(-5) , respectively).

conclusionGln resonances can be clearly separated from Glu and N-acetyl-aspartate around 2.35 ppm using J-modulated spectroscopy. This method can be used to quantitatively measure Glu and Gln simultaneously at 3T. Magn Reson Med 76:725-732, 2016. Published 2015. This article is a U.S. Government work and is in the public domain in the USA.

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AlgorithmsBrain ChemistryFemaleGlutamic AcidGlutamineHumansImage Interpretation, Computer-AssistedMagnetic Resonance ImagingMagnetic Resonance SpectroscopyMaleMiddle AgedMolecular ImagingReproducibility of ResultsSensitivity and SpecificityTissue DistributionGlutamic AcidGlutamineglutamateglutaminehuman brainJ-resolved spectroscopyone-dimensional cross-sectionquantificationTE-averaged spectroscopy

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PMCPMC4788985
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