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Abstract #2320

Measuring brain lactate with 1 H-MRS during hypoglycemia in humans; preliminary results

Evita C. Wiegers 1 , Hanne M.M. Rooijackers 2 , Cees J. Tack 2 , Arend Heerschap 1 , Bastiaan E. de Galan 2 , and Marinette van der Graaf 1,3

1 Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands, 2 Internal Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands, 3 Pediatrics, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands

The effect of hypoglycemia on brain lactate content was studied with 1 H-MRS. Difference spectra, acquired with an interleaved J-editing (MEGA) semi-LASER sequence, were used to determine brain lactate levels during stable euglycemic and hypoglycemic conditions. Furthermore, arterial blood samples were taken to determine arterial lactate and glucose levels. The preliminary results, obtained in healthy volunteers, suggest that increased plasma lactate levels during hypoglycemia are not accompanied by an increase in lactate content in the brain.

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