Detection of elevated levels of taurine and creatine in the brain of hypoxic-ischemic newborn rat using a magnetic resonance spin echo full intensity acquired localization sequence
Jieqiong Chen, Zhiwei Shen, Mei Li, Meini Wu, Dan Wang, Zijie Zhong, Lihua Chen, Dongping Deng · 2026
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Jieqiong Chen and seven co-authors test a brain scanning method for newborn injury in a 2026 paper. Oxygen-starved brain injury in newborns lacks objective early markers. The standard spectroscopy method is weak at sensing short-lived chemicals that matter early. Their study used newborn rats with the injury modeled on one side of the brain, confirmed by tissue staining. Both the standard method and a full-intensity alternative were run on a strong animal scanner.
They compared chemical levels between the injured and healthy sides in two brain regions, plus scan quality measures for each method. As the title reports, the new method detected raised taurine and creatine in the injured brain.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Jieqiong Chen, Zhiwei Shen, Mei Li, Meini Wu, Dan Wang, Zijie Zhong, Lihua Chen, Dongping Deng |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 33 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |