Table 1.

Regional proton metabolite ratios.

	Cr/TotSig		Cho/Cr		Glu/Cr		Gln/Cr		mI/Cr		NAA/Cr		NAA+NAAG/Cr
	NU	MRJ	NU	MRJ	NU	MRJ	NU	MRJ	NU	MRJ	NU	MRJ	NU	MRJ
lThal	0.09 ± 0.01	0.10 ± 0.01	4.06 ± 0.56	3.79 ± 0.54	1.09 ± 0.34	0.97 ± 0.09	0.26 ± 0.13	0.20 ± 0.07	1.36 ± 0.31	1.0 ± 0.14 *	1.41 ± 0.23	1.41 ± 0.15	1.85 ± 0.26	1.84 ± 0.24
rTHal	0.09 ± 0.01	0.10 ± 0.01	4.06 ± 0.51	3.78 ± 0.43	1.11 ± 0.27	1.04 ± 0.33	0.33 ± 0.19	0.23 ± 0.11	1.25 ± 0.25	1.07 ± 0.18	1.37 ± 0.29	1.2 ± 0.19	1.73 ± 0.36	1.61 ± 0.23
Thal	0.35 ± 0.05	0.36 ± 0.04	4.06 ± 0.51	3.8 ± 0.47	1.10 ± 0.28	1.05 ± 0.31	0.32 ± 0.18	0.21 ± 0.08	1.30 ± 0.26	1.06 ± 0.18	1.39 ± 0.24	1.29 ± 0.16	1.79 ± 0.29	1.71 ± 0.22
lTC	0.10 ± 0.11	0.09 ± 0.20	3.48 ± 0.22	3.43 ± 0.39	1.17 ± 0.33	1.13 ± 0.15	0.36 ± 0.29	0.44 ± 0.26	1.09 ± 0.22	1.11 ± 0.27	1.52 ± 0.28	1.53 ± 0.37	1.88 ± 0.38	1.92 ± 0.46
rTC	0.10 ± 0.03	0.10 ± 0.02 *	3.74 ± 0.48	3.63 ± 0.53	1.11 ± 0.71	1.13 ± 0.50	0.58 ± 0.42	0.50 ± 0.25	1.16 ± 0.15	1.01 ± 0.26	0.88 ± 0.30	1.23 ± 0.37	1.08 ± 0.38	1.51 ± 0.39
TC	0.10 ± 0.01	0.09 ± 0.02	3.59 ± 0.24	3.55 ± 0.37	1.15 ± 0.34	1.16 ± 0.31	0.46 ± 0.32	0.50 ± 0.22	1.12 ± 0.18	1.12 ± 0.28	1.32 ± 0.37	1.43 ± 0.32	1.63 ± 0.51	1.79 ± 0.41
POC	0.11 ± 0.01	0.11 ± 0.01	2.82 ± 0.31	2.87 ± 0.33	1.20 ± 0.28	1.13 ± 0.25	0.27 ± 0.16	0.31 ± 0.19	1.12 ± 0.18	0.99 ± 0.18	1.42 ± 0.25	1.49 ± 0.46	1.65 ± 0.24	1.77 ± 0.47

Data represent Cr/total signal ± SD and average metabolite ratios (/totalCr) ± SD.

^*Indicates statistical significance, p=0.05

Abbreviations: Cr-creatine; Cho-choline; Mi-myo-Inositol; NAA-N-acetyl-aspartate; NAA+NAAG-N-acetyl-aspartate + N-acetyl-aspartyl-glutamate; Glu-glutamate; Gln-glutamine