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Abstract #3904

Monitoring Neuroinflammation in vivo with MR Spectroscopy and CEST Imaging

Maria Yanez Lopez1, Marie-Christine Pardon2, Dorothee P. Auer1, Henryk Faas1

1Radiological and Imaging Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom; 2School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom

This study assesses the short term inflammatory response in the brain to a standard immune challenge, lipopolysaccharide injection, with serial MR Spectroscopy and imaging using Chemical Exchange Saturation Transfer.

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