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MR Spectroscopy of Brain Room 201 C Chairs: Peter B. Barker and Robert E. Lenkinski |
| 10:30 458. Analysis of the Causes of 1H Chemical Shift Imaging Detected Differences in Brain Metabolite Levels Between Elderly Women and Men, P.E. Sijens, T. den Heijer, J.C. de Groot, F.E. de Leeuw, R. Heijboer, E. Achten, A. Hofman, M.M.B. Breteler and M. Oudkerk, University Hospital Rotterdam and Erasmus University Medical School, Rotterdam, The Netherlands and Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium. |
| 10:42 459. Decreased Brain Glutathione Levels in Schizophrenics. First Findings with in vivo Double Quantum Coherence Filtering MRS and with ex vivo CSF Analysis, A.H. Trabesinger, K.Q. Do, M. Kirsten-Krüger, U. Dydak, D. Hell, M. Cuénod and P. Boesiger, University and ETH, Zurich, Switzerland; University of Lausanne, Switzerland and Psychiatric University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland. |
| 10:54 460. Evidence of a Family History Effect on the Membrane Phospholipid Metabolism in Schizophrenia: A Longitudinal In Vivo 31P MRS Study, J.A. Stanley, M.S. Keshavan, K. Panchalingam and J.W. Pettegrewm, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. |
| 11:06 461. 1H-Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Evidence of Reduced Cortical GABA Levels in Depressed Subjects, G. Sanacora, G.F. Mason, D.L. Rothman, K.L. Behar, F. Hyder, O.A.C. Petroff, R.M. Berman, D.S. Charney and J.H. Krystal, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA. |
| 11:18 462. Spectroscopic Imaging of the Uptake Kinetics and Visibility of Human Brain Ethanol in vivo at 4T, H.P. Hetherington, F. Telang, J.W. Pan, M. Sammi, D. Schuhlein, P. Molina and N.D. Volkow, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, USA; State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY, USA and North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY, USA. |
| 11:30 463. Measuring the Minimum Rate of GABA Synthesis in Patients with Complex Partial Seizures, O.A.C. Petroff, F. Hyder, T.L. Collins, R.H. Mattson and D.L. Rothman, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA. |
| 11:42 464. Normalization of Neurochemical Abnormailities in the Unoperated Temporal Lobe Following Neurosurgery for Unilateral Temporal Lobe Epilepsy, G.J. Moore, E.A. da Silva and C. Watson, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA. |
| 11:54 465. Variations in Proton Metabolite Spin-Spin Relaxation Times in Stroke Patients: Consequences for Absolute Metabolite Concentration Estimation, P.M. Walker, A. Lalande, M. Dranssart, M. Lemesle, N. Baudouin, D. Martin, M. Giroud and F. Brunotte, University Hospital of Dijon, France. |
| 12:06 466. Evidence for Long-Term Neurotoxicity Associated with Methamphetamine Use in Humans: A Proton MRS Study, T. Ernst, L. Chang, M. Leonido-Yee and O. Speck, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, USA. |
| 12:18 467. Abnormal Levels of Cho but not of NAA in the Posterior Internal Capsule of Patients with ALS, N. Schuff, W.D. Rooney, D.F. Gelinas, R.G. Miller, D. Amend, A.A. Maudsley and M.W. Weiner, University of California and Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, USA and Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, USA. |