Abstract #2982

Brain Metabolite Level Estimation at Anterior Cingulate Cortex in Fibromyalgia Using Advanced MRS

JY-KANG ADRIAN LIOU^1,2,3, Tun-Wei Hsu^1,2,3, Wei-Ta Chen^2,4, Chien-Yuan Eddy Lin^5,6, and Jiing-Feng Lirng^1,2,3,4

¹RADIOLOGY, TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL, Taipei, Taiwan, ²School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, ³School of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, Faculty of Imaging and Radiological Sciences, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, ⁴NEUROLOGY, TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL, Taipei, Taiwan, ⁵GE Healthcare, Taipei, Taiwan, ⁶MR Research China, GE Healthcare, Beijing, People's Republic of China

We apply MEGA-PRESS MRS to measure brain metabolite level of Fibromyalgia patients and healthy controls at anterior cingulate cortex. The results show higher levels of GABA in Fibromyalgia than healthy controls but no significant difference was found in glutamine and glutamate levels.

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