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31 P magnetic resonance spectroscopy of traumatic spinal cord injury
Author(s) -
Vink Robert,
Knoblach Susan M.,
Faden Alan I.
Publication year - 1987
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/mrm.1910050413
Subject(s) - paraplegia , spinal cord injury , spinal cord , magnetic resonance imaging , nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy , medicine , traumatic brain injury , nuclear magnetic resonance , spastic , in vivo magnetic resonance spectroscopy , in vivo , biology , radiology , physics , physical therapy , microbiology and biotechnology , cerebral palsy , psychiatry
31 P magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) was applied in vivo to study metabolic changes in spinal cord after experimental traumatic injury. Severe trauma, resulting in spastic paraplegia, caused an early and sustained loss of high energy phosphates with profound intracellular acidosis. Early metabolic changes after traumatic spinal injury may predict irreversible tissue damage. © 1987 Academic Press, Inc.