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Abstract #1941

The Longitudinal Relaxation Time of GABA in vivo at 3T

Nicolaas A. J. Puts1, 2, Peter B. Barker1, 2, Richard Anthony Edward Edden1, 2

1The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States; 2FM Kirby Centre for functional neuroimaging, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD, United States

The longitudinal relaxation time of GABA was measured in vivo using a MM-suppression method and a saturation recovery experiment.

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