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Analysis of macromolecule resonances in 1 H NMR spectra of human brain
Author(s) -
Behar Kevin L.,
Rothman Douglas L.,
Spencer Dennis D.,
Petroff Ognen A. C.
Publication year - 1994
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.1910320304
Subject(s) - macromolecule , spectral line , in vivo , nuclear magnetic resonance , chemistry , relaxation (psychology) , metabolite , nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy , cytosol , nmr spectra database , proton nmr , in vitro , biochemistry , stereochemistry , biology , physics , enzyme , neuroscience , astronomy , microbiology and biotechnology
Macromolecule resonances underlying metabolites in 1 H NMR spectra were investigated in temporal lobe biopsy tissue from epilepsy patients and from localized 1 H spectra of the brains of healthy volunteers. The 1 H NMR spectrum of brain tissue was cornpared with that of cytosol and dialyzed cytosol after removal of low molecular weight molecules (4500 daltons) at 8.4 and 2.1 Tesla. The assignment of specific resonances to macromolecules in 2.1 Tesla, short‐ TE , localized human brain 1 H NMR spectra in vivo was made on the basis of a J‐editing method using the spectral parameters (δ, J ) and connectivities determined from 2D experiments in vitro . Two prominent corinectivities associated with macromolecules in vitro (0.93–2.05 δ and 1.6–3.00 δ) were also detected in vivo by the J ‐editing method. Advantage was taken of the large difference in measured T 1 relaxation times between macromolecule and metabolite resonances in the brain spectrum to acquire ‘metabolite‐nulled’ macromolecule spectra. These spectra appear identical to the spectra of macromolecules isolated in vitro .