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ArticleFrontiers in neurology2024

Metabolic changes of thalamus assessed by

Jiangqin Zheng, Yujin Zhang, Baogen Zhao, Ning Wang, Ting Gao, Li Zhang

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Article in Frontiers in neurology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors.

Jiangqin ZhengDepartment of Radiology, Hainan Maternal and Child Health Centre, Haikou, China.
Yujin ZhangDepartment of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, The First Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China.
Baogen ZhaoDepartment of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, The First Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China.
Ning WangDepartment of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, The First Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China.
Ting GaoDepartment of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, The First Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China.
Li ZhangDepartment of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, The First Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China.

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Abstract

Objective: To assess the changes of thalamic metabolites before and after surgery in patients with Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy (CSM) using Hydrogen Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy ( Methods: Forty-eight CSM patients who underwent cervical decompression surgery from December 2022 to June 2023 were included, and 33 healthy volunteers were recruited. All subjects underwent bilateral thalamic Results: Compared to the HCs, patients with CSM showed significantly lower pre- and post-operative NAA/Cr ( Conclusion: The preliminary findings indicate that metabolites in the thalamus of CSM patients exhibit changes following surgery. Additionally, it has been demonstrated that elevated postoperative mI correlates with improvements in neurological function.

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cervical spondylotic myelopathymagnetic resonance spectroscopymodified Japanese orthopedic associationpostoperativethalamus

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