| Literature DB >> 7500868 |
H Lee1, J Tarter, G E Holburn, R R Price, D D Weinstein, P R Martin.
Abstract
Thiamine deficiency (TD) in rats produces lesions similar to those found in humans suffering from Wernicke's encephalopathy, an organic mental disorder associated with alcoholism. Male Sprague-Dawley rats (n = 29) were deprived of thiamine via a regimen of thiamine-deficient chow and daily intraperitoneal injections of the thiamine antagonist pyrithiamine hydrobromide. Spectra were obtained by using the STEAM sequence. No significant change occurred in the ratio of Cr/NAA, while the ratio of Cho/NAA declined significantly (60 +/- 11%) on Day 14. Eleven rats received intraperitoneal injections of thiamine hydrochloride at the end of 12 days, and dose-dependent recovery in Cho/NAA was observed.Entities:
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Year: 1995 PMID: 7500868 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910340306
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Magn Reson Med ISSN: 0740-3194 Impact factor: 4.668