Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy: Tools for Neuroscience Research and Emerging Clinical Applications

Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy covers how MRS is acquired, what it can measure, application to common research and clinical questions, and the advantages and limitations of the technique. Chapters are authored by experts in each topic area, and the book is written with a non-expert audience in mind.

Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) is a noninvasive imaging technique that allows quantification of many neurochemicals. MRS is used in clinical neuroscience as a method for investigating brain neurochemistry, critical to understanding neurological and psychiatric disease. Improved acquisition and analysis approaches have increased interest in its use for traditional clinical applications and neuroscience research; this book meets the growing need of neuroscientists, neurologists, psychiatrists, and radiologists for reliable information on the technique.

• The only cutting-edge reference on this powerful brain imaging technique geared specifically to neuroscientists
• Enables neuroscience researchers and clinicians who are not experts in this technique to incorporate it into their research and practice
• Includes application to psychiatry, neurology, radiology and basic neuroscience
• Edited work with chapters authored by leaders in the field around the globe – the broadest, most expert coverage available