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Abstract #4253

Edited MRS of Glutamate

Muhammad G Saleh1, Andrew Prescot2, Linda Chang3, Christine Cloak3, Eric Cunningham3, Punitha Subramaniam4, Perry F Renshaw4, Deborah Yurgelun-Todd4, Helge J Zöllner5, Timothy P.L Roberts1, Richard A.E. Edden5, and Thomas Ernst3
1Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States, 2Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States, 3Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States, 4Department of Psychiatry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States, 5Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States

Synopsis

Keywords: Data Acquisition, Brain, spectral editing, gaba, glutathione, glutamate

Motivation: Spectral editing methods are widely used to measure γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA), which also co-edits glutamate (Glu) at 2.34 ppm in the sum spectrum (sum=ON+OFF). However, the co-detection of Glu at 2.34 ppm has not been assessed.

Goal(s): We demonstrate the co-editing of Glu without glutamine using HERMES of GABA and glutathione.

Approach: Simulations of HERMES and 1D J-resolved of Glu, glutamine, and GABA, followed by in vivo experiments on 137 participants.

Results: Simulations and in vivo experiments show a Glu-edited signal without overlapping glutamine and GABA signals from both methods. In vivo quantification of Glu show that the two methods are significantly correlated.

Impact: Our study demonstrates a purer measurement of Glu using HERMES without needing a separate acquisition. HERMES provides an opportunity to study Glu/GABA/glutathione concurrently to understand their relationships under homeostasis or drug interventions that might affect the glutamatergic/GABAergic/antioxidant systems.

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