Simultaneous Hadamard Editing of GABA and Glutathione

NIH RePORTER · NIH · R01 · $576,863 · view on reporter.nih.gov ↗

Abstract

Summary The neurotransmitter GABA and the redox compound glutathione can be measured in the human brain non- invasively using Hadamard-encoded edited MRS. Such measurements currently suffer from three major limitations: the confound of transverse relaxation (since edited MRS requires long echo times); incomplete spectral resolution between metabolites and the macromolecular background; and inadequate/inflexible modeling and quantification software. The overall goal of this R01 renewal period is to develop Hadamard- encoded edited MRS of GABA and Glutathione into a robust and reproducible tool for neuroscience. Building on the successful development of HERMES in the first funded period we will develop interleaved multi-spectrum acquisitions to improve robustness to changes in transverse relaxation and the macromolecule baseline and develop multi-spectrum linear combination methods within our software Osprey, including building a demographic model of the macromolecular background spectrum. This project will culminate in a patient-based validation study in subjects with Alzheimer’s Disease. The resulting data acquisition and analysis tools will be made available for dissemination to the clinical neuroscience and neuroimaging communities.

Key facts

NIH application ID
10495231
Project number
5R01EB023963-06
Recipient
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
Principal Investigator
Richard Anthony Edward Edden
Activity code
R01
Funding institute
NIH
Fiscal year
2022
Award amount
$576,863
Award type
5
Project period
2017-05-05 → 2025-06-30