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ArticlePNAS nexus2023

Water exchange rates measure active transport and homeostasis in neural tissue.

Nathan H Williamson, Rea Ravin, Teddy X Cai, Melanie Falgairolle, Michael J O'Donovan, Peter J Basser

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Article in PNAS nexus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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20 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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6 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Nathan H WilliamsonNational Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0221-9121
Rea RavinNational Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Teddy X CaiNational Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Melanie FalgairolleNational Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Michael J O'DonovanNational Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Peter J BasserNational Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
National Institutes of Health · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

For its size, the brain is the most metabolically active organ in the body. Most of its energy demand is used to maintain stable homeostatic physiological conditions. Altered homeostasis and active states are hallmarks of many diseases and disorders. Yet there is currently no direct and reliable method to assess homeostasis and absolute basal activity of cells in the tissue noninvasively without exogenous tracers or contrast agents. We propose a novel low-field, high-gradient diffusion exchange nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) method capable of directly measuring cellular metabolic activity via the rate constant for water exchange across cell membranes. Exchange rates are

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biomarkersdiffusion exchange spectroscopy (DEXSY)membrane permeabilityporous mediatranscytolemmal water exchange

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PMID36970182
PMCPMC10032361
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