Longitudinal decline of the neuronal marker N-acetyl aspartate in Alzheimer's disease

被引:128
作者
Adalsteinsson, E
Sullivan, EV
Kleinhans, N
Spielman, DM
Pfefferbaum, A
机构
[1] SRI Int, Neuropsychiat Program BN168, Menlo Park, CA 94025 USA
[2] Stanford Univ, Sch Med, Dept Radiol, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
[3] Stanford Univ, Sch Med, Dept Psychiat & Behav Sci, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
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D O I
10.1016/S0140-6736(00)02246-7
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R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
In patients with Alzheimer's disease, but not in health controls, longitudinal magnetic resonance spectroscopy shows a striking decline in the neuronal marker, N-acetyl aspartate, despite little decline In underlying grey-matter volume.
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页码:1696 / 1697
页数:2
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