Journal: Nmr in Biomedicine
Article Title: Multinuclear MRI Can Depict Metabolic and Energetic Changes in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
doi: 10.1002/nbm.5306
Figure Lengend Snippet: Lactate/pyruvate ratio data by MRI and microdialysis and LDH activity data by tissue biochemistry. Mean transit time (MTT) of hyperpolarized [1‐ 13 C]pyruvate is also visualized. “Contra” indicates the contralateral hemisphere, and “CCI” indicates the impacted brain region. p ‐values are annotated as comparisons between groups. Each individual is represented by a designated symbol. For hyperpolarized MRI, ANOVA was used, and for microdialysis and tissue biochemistry, Student's t ‐test was used.
Article Snippet: Microdialysis catheters (CMA 20 Elite Microdialysis Probe, CMA Microdialysis AB, membrane length: 10 mm) were inserted and perfused (fluid composition: 147 mM NaCl, 2.7 mM KCl, 1.2 mM CaCl 2 , 0.85 mM MgCl 2 ) at 0.5 μL/min for 1 h for equilibration, followed by 30 min for sampling.
Techniques: Activity Assay