Brain metabolite composition during early human brain development as measured by quantitative in vivo 1H magnetic resonance spectroscopy

Kreis, Roland; Hofmann, Lucie; Kuhlmann, Beatrice; Boesch, Christoph Hans; Bossi, Emilio; Hüppi, Petra S (2002). Brain metabolite composition during early human brain development as measured by quantitative in vivo 1H magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Magnetic resonance in medicine, 48(6), pp. 949-958. Wiley-Liss 10.1002/mrm.10304

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Biochemical maturation of the brain can be studied noninvasively by (1)H magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) in human infants. Detailed time courses of cerebral tissue contents are known for the most abundant metabolites only, and whether or not premature birth affects biochemical maturation of the brain is disputed. Hence, the last trimester of gestation was observed in infants born prematurely, and their cerebral metabolite contents at birth and at expected term were compared with those of fullterm infants. Successful quantitative short-TE (1)H MRS was performed in three cerebral locations in 21 infants in 28 sessions (gestational age 32-43 weeks). The spectra were analyzed with linear combination model fitting, considerably extending the range of observable metabolites to include acetate, alanine, aspartate, cholines, creatines, gamma-aminobutyrate, glucose, glutamine, glutamate, glutathione, glycine, lactate, myo-inositol, macromolecular contributions, N-acetylaspartate, N-acetylaspartylglutamate, o-phosphoethanolamine, scyllo-inositol, taurine, and threonine. Significant effects of age and location were found for many metabolites, including the previously observed neuronal maturation reflected by an increase in N-acetylaspartate. Absolute brain metabolite content in premature infants at term was not considerably different from that in fullterm infants, indicating that prematurity did not affect biochemical brain maturation substantially in the studied population, which did not include infants of extremely low birthweight.

Item Type:

 Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

 04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Radiology, Neuroradiology and Nuclear Medicine (DRNN) > Institute of Diagnostic, Interventional and Paediatric Radiology > DCR Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and Methodology (AMSM)
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Dermatology, Urology, Rheumatology, Nephrology, Osteoporosis (DURN) > Clinic of Nephrology and Hypertension
04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > BioMedical Research (DBMR) > Forschungsbereich Pavillon 52 > Abt. Magnetresonanz-Spektroskopie und Methodologie, AMSM

UniBE Contributor:

 Kreis, Roland, Hofmann, Lucie, Boesch, Christoph Hans, Bossi, Emilio

Subjects:

 600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

 0740-3194

Publisher:

 Wiley-Liss

Language:

 English

Submitter:

 Christoph Hans Boesch

Date Deposited:

 18 Mar 2014 15:22

Last Modified:

 05 Dec 2022 14:29

Publisher DOI:

 10.1002/mrm.10304

PubMed ID:

 12465103

BORIS DOI:

 10.7892/boris.43983

URI:

 https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/43983

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