Abstract #3904

Monitoring Neuroinflammation in vivo with MR Spectroscopy and CEST Imaging

Maria Yanez Lopez¹, Marie-Christine Pardon², Dorothee P. Auer¹, Henryk Faas¹

¹Radiological and Imaging Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom; ²School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom

This study assesses the short term inflammatory response in the brain to a standard immune challenge, lipopolysaccharide injection, with serial MR Spectroscopy and imaging using Chemical Exchange Saturation Transfer.