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Proton magnetization transfer of metabolites in human brain
1Magnetic Resonance Unit, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Department of Radiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA. djmey@itsa.ucsf.edu
Abstract:
Off-resonance or pulsed on-resonance saturation pulses were used together with localized proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy in three brain regions of 20 healthy individuals. Statistically significant signal attenuations were observed for creatine-containing metabolites in posterior-parietal brain (12%), basal ganglia (18%), and cerebellum (15%). N-acetyl- and choline-containing metabolites were not significantly attenuated upon application of saturation pulses in either brain region. The findings are interpreted to reflect possible magnetization transfer between pools of creatine-containing metabolites with different molecular mobility. Magn Reson Med 42:417-420, 1999.