Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume 24, Issue 1 , Pages 75-79 , January 2006

N-Acetylaspartate concentrations in the thalami of neuropathic pain patients and healthy comparison subjects measured with 1H-MRS

  • Sei Fukui

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Shiga University of Medical Science, Tukinowa, Seta, Otsu, Shiga 520-2192, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 77 548 2281; fax: +81 77 548 2781.
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  • Miyuki Matsuno

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Shiga University of Medical Science, Tukinowa, Seta, Otsu, Shiga 520-2192, Japan
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  • Toshiro Inubushi

      Affiliations

    • Molecular Neuroscience Research Center, Shiga University of Medical Science, Seta, Otsu, Shiga 520-2192, Japan
    • ,
  • Shuichi Nosaka

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Shiga University of Medical Science, Tukinowa, Seta, Otsu, Shiga 520-2192, Japan

Received 29 July 2005 ,Accepted 18 October 2005.

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PII: S0730-725X(05)00316-4

doi: 10.1016/j.mri.2005.10.021

Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume 24, Issue 1 , Pages 75-79 , January 2006

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