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Abstract #1111

Age-Related Metabolite Changes in Healthy Spinal Cord: A 1H MRS Study at 3T

Khaled Abdel-Aziz1, Bhavana Solanky1, Marios C. Yiannakas1, Claudia Angela M. Wheeler-Kingshott2, Alan Thompson1, Olga Ciccarelli3

1NMR Research Unit, Queen Square MS Centre, UCL, London, United Kingdom; 2NMR Research Unit, Queen Square MS Centre, Department of Neuroinflammation, UCL, London, United Kingdom; 3NMR Research Unit, Queen Square MS Centre, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom

Several studies have examined the changes in brain metabolites quantified with MRS as a consequence of normal aging but no such studies have yet been performed in the spinal cord. This study has examined the effect of age on commonly quantified spinal cord metabolites.

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