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Published on: September 21, 2014
Lithium visibility in rat brain and muscle in vivo by 7Li NMR imaging
R A Komoroski1, J M Pearce, J E Newton
1Departments of Radiology, Pathology, Biochemistry, and Psychiatry, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 West Markham Street, Little Rock, Arkansas, 72205, USA.
Abstract:
The apparent concentration of lithium (Li) in vivo was determined for several regions in the brain and muscle of rats by 7Li NMR imaging at 4.7 T with inclusion of an external standard of known concentration and visibility. The average apparent concentrations were 10.1 mM for muscle, and 4.2-5.3 mM for various brain regions under the dosing conditions used. The results were compared to concentrations determined in vitro by high-resolution 7Li NMR spectroscopy of extracts of brain and muscle tissue from the same rats. The comparison provided estimates of the 7Li NMR visibility of the Li cation in each tissue region. Although there was considerable scatter of the calculated visibilities among the five rats studied, the results suggested essentially full visibility (96%) for Li in muscle, and somewhat reduced visibility (74-93%) in the various brain regions.
