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Review
. 2019 Oct;32(10):e4172.
doi: 10.1002/nbm.4172. Epub 2019 Sep 2.

In vivo 13 C and 1 H-[13 C] MRS studies of neuroenergetics and neurotransmitter cycling, applications to neurological and psychiatric disease and brain cancer

Douglas L Rothman  1   2   3 , Robin A de Graaf  1   2 , Fahmeed Hyder  1   2 , Graeme F Mason  1 , Kevin L Behar  4 , Henk M De Feyter  1
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In vivo 13 C and 1 H-[13 C] MRS studies of neuroenergetics and neurotransmitter cycling, applications to neurological and psychiatric disease and brain cancer

Douglas L Rothman et al. NMR Biomed. 2019 Oct.

Abstract

In the last 25 years 13 C MRS has been established as the only noninvasive method for measuring glutamate neurotransmission and cell specific neuroenergetics. Although technically and experimentally challenging 13 C MRS has already provided important new information on the relationship between neuroenergetics and neuronal function, the high energy cost of brain function in the resting state and the role of altered neuroenergetics and neurotransmitter cycling in disease. In this paper we review the metabolic and neurotransmitter pathways that can be measured by 13 C MRS and key findings on the linkage between neuroenergetics, neurotransmitter cycling, and brain function. Applications of 13 C MRS to neurological and psychiatric disease as well as brain cancer are reviewed. Recent technological developments that may help to overcome spatial resolution and brain coverage limitations of 13 C MRS are discussed.

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