EARLY TIME COURSE OF N-ACETYLASPARTATE, CREATINE AND PHOSPHOCREATINE, AND COMPOUNDS CONTAINING CHOLINE IN THE BRAIN AFTER ACUTE STROKE - A PROTON MAGNETIC-RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY STUDY

Background and Purpose: The early time course after acute stroke of cerebral N-acetylaspartate, creatine and phosphocreatine, and compounds containing choline was studied in vivo by means of localized water-suppressed proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Methods: Eight patients with acute stroke...

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Published in:Stroke (1970) 1992-11, Vol.23 (11), p.1566-1572
Main Authors: GIDEON, P, HENRIKSEN, O, SPERLING, B, CHRISTIANSEN, P, OLSEN, TS, JORGENSEN, HS, ARLIENSOBORG, P
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acute Disease
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Aspartic Acid - analogs & derivatives
Aspartic Acid - metabolism
Brain Chemistry
Cardiovascular System & Cardiology
Cerebrovascular Circulation
Cerebrovascular Disorders - metabolism
Cerebrovascular Disorders - physiopathology
Choline - metabolism
Clinical Neurology
Creatine - metabolism
Humans
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Middle Aged
Neurosciences & Neurology
Peripheral Vascular Disease
Phosphocreatine - metabolism
Science & Technology
Time Factors
Tissue Distribution
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Summary:Background and Purpose: The early time course after acute stroke of cerebral N-acetylaspartate, creatine and phosphocreatine, and compounds containing choline was studied in vivo by means of localized water-suppressed proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Methods: Eight patients with acute stroke were studied serially in the acute phase, 1 week after, and 2-4 weeks after the onset of clinical symptoms. Ten healthy volunteers served as controls. A stimulated echo (STEAM) sequence was used for measurement of the brain metabolites in a volume of interest located within the infarcted area as visualized by magnetic resonance imaging. For quantification, the unsaturated water signal was used as the internal standard. Regional cerebral blood flow in the infarcted area was measured relative to a symmetrically located unaffected area by means of single-photon emission computed tomographic scanning, using Tc-99m-labeled d,l-hexamethylenepropyleneamine oxime as the flow tracer. Results: Relative regional cerebral blood How was considerably reduced in the infarcted area in the acute phase. After 1 week, hyperemia was seen in all but one patient. The N-acetylaspartate content was significantly reduced, with the loss appearing to occur between 6 and 24 hours after the stroke incident. The reduction in N-acetylaspartate content was greater in the central part than in the peripheral part of the infarcted area. Creatine and phosphocreatine were also reduced in the infarcted area, whereas no significant change was seen in the choline content. Conclusions: Assuming that N-acetylaspartate content reflects neuronal survival or loss, our results may suggest that treatment procedures with restoration of blood flow to severely ischemic areas should be initiated within the first 6 hours after stroke onset.
ISSN:0039-2499
1524-4628
DOI:10.1161/01.STR.23.11.1566