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Reanalysis of multislice 1 H MRSI in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Author(s) -
Schuff N.,
Rooney W.D.,
Miller R.,
Gelinas D.F.,
Amend D.L.,
Maudsley A.A.,
Weiner M.W.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
magnetic resonance in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.696
H-Index - 225
eISSN - 1522-2594
pISSN - 0740-3194
DOI - 10.1002/1522-2594(200103)45:3<513::aid-mrm1067>3.0.co;2-d
Subject(s) - amyotrophic lateral sclerosis , metabolite , choline , motor cortex , cortex (anatomy) , nuclear medicine , internal capsule , nuclear magnetic resonance , multiple sclerosis , medicine , chemistry , pathology , neuroscience , magnetic resonance imaging , biology , physics , radiology , disease , psychiatry , stimulation , white matter
The goal of this work was to reexamine previously published (1) brain spectroscopy data of abnormal metabolite ratios in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Toward this goal, 1 H MR spectroscopic imaging data from 10 ALS and nine control subjects were reanalyzed using improved data analysis techniques, including automated curve fitting and tissue‐volume correction. In the motor cortex of ALS, N‐acetyl aspartate (NAA) was 23% ( P = 0.004) lower than in controls, and in the posterior internal capsule of ALS choline compounds (Cho) were 20% ( P = 0.02) higher. This demonstrates that the metabolite ratio changes in ALS were due to NAA loss in the motor cortex (as expected) and Cho increase in the posterior internal capsule (not expected). Magn Reson Med 45:513–516, 2001. © 2001 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.