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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Apr 9.
Published in final edited form as: Magn Reson Med. 2009 Dec;62(6):1385–1393. doi: 10.1002/mrm.22146

Table 1.

Metabolite and PG Concentrations Quantified by the LCmodel Spectral Fitting in the Rat Brain Under Three Anesthesia Conditions and Fitting Errors (n = 8)

Metabolites Isofluranea
Low-PBa
High-PBa
Concentration CRLB Concentration CRLB Concentration CRLB
Asp 3.21 ± 0.42 23 ± 9% 2.82 ± 1.08 21 ± 7% 3.22 ± 0.71 24 ± 14%
Cr 3.53 ± 0.61 23 ± 15% 3.23 ± 0.79 34 ±11% 3.87 ± 0.42 22 ± 8%
GABA 1.46 ± 0.55 25 ± 9% 1.70 ± 0.30 20 ± 6% 0.92 ± 0.36 52 ± 38%
GSH 2.01 ± 0.25 11 ± 4% 2.09 ± 0.49 13 ± 6% 2.03 ± 0.32 21 ± 22%
Glc 1.87 ± 0.61 29 ± 19% 1.56 ± 0.52 33 ± 12% 0.73 ± 0.47 174 ± 132%
Gln 2.30 ± 0.42 17 ± 5% 2.00 ± 0.71 20 ± 9% 2.26 ± 0.59 19 ± 5%
Glu 9.23 ± 0.96 4 ± 1% 8.45 ± 0.86 5 ± 1% 8.82 ± 1.33 10 ± 12%
Ins 4.34 ± 0.64 8 ± 2% 4.37 ± 0.24 11 ± 3% 4.57 ± 0.76 11 ± 5%
Lac 1.02 ± 0.62 25 ± 12% 1.00 ± 0.69 33 ± 15% 1.22 ± 0.67 29 ± 11%
NAA 8.51 ± 0.29 4 ± 1% 8.62 ± 0.90 4 ± 1% 7.99 ± 1.02 4 ± 1%
PCr 4.47 ± 0.61 8 ± 3% 4.67 ± 0.83 6 ± 2% 4.13 ± 0.42 9 ± 3%
PE 2.66 ± 0.52 22 ± 15% 3.26 ± 0.43 18 ± 10% 3.01 ± 0.82 16 ± 7%
Taurine 5.50 ± 0.43 6 ± 2% 5.11 ± 0.84 7 ± 2% 4.33 ± 0.40 10 ± 3%
GPC+PCho 1.54 ± 0..71 18 ± 9% 1.35 ± 0.42 21 ± 5% 1.33 ± 0.36 21 ± 5%
PG 1.60 ± 0.60 23 ± 10% 6.01 ± 1.73 6 ± 2%
a

The LCModel basis including metabolites and MM was applied to fit 1H MRS data from the rats anesthetized with isoflurane. The LCModel basis including metabolites, MM, and PG was applied to fit 1H MRS data from the rats anesthetized with pentobarbital.