N-acetylaspartate as a marker of neuronal injury in neurodegenerative disease

Adv Exp Med Biol. 2006:576:241-62; discussion 361-3. doi: 10.1007/0-387-30172-0_17.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aging / physiology
  • Alcoholism / metabolism
  • Alcoholism / pathology
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis / metabolism
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis / pathology
  • Aspartic Acid / analogs & derivatives*
  • Aspartic Acid / metabolism
  • Biomarkers / metabolism*
  • Brain Injuries* / metabolism
  • Brain Injuries* / pathology
  • Brain* / metabolism
  • Brain* / pathology
  • Choline / metabolism
  • Cocaine / metabolism
  • Creatine / metabolism
  • Epilepsy / metabolism
  • Ethanol / metabolism
  • HIV Infections / metabolism
  • HIV Infections / pathology
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Neurodegenerative Diseases* / metabolism
  • Neurodegenerative Diseases* / pathology
  • Neurons / pathology*
  • Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / metabolism
  • Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / pathology

Substances

  • Biomarkers
  • Aspartic Acid
  • Ethanol
  • N-acetylaspartate
  • Cocaine
  • Creatine
  • Choline