Chemical brain scans may help reassure brain tumor patients
...l molecule. The U-M team showed that the ratios of choline to creatine, of NAA to creatine, and of choline to NAA, were significantly different in normal tissue, versus recurrent tumor or treatment-altered t...UCSD's Dr. Leon Thal to receive Potamkin Prize, one of neurosciences' highest honors
...lcholine. In 1981, he published his finding that choline chloride failed to improve cognition in Alzheimer's disease. This lack of initial success challenged him to explore alternative and novel ways to treat the cholinergic deficit of Alzheimer's disease using other compounds and routes of administration....Imaging technique may diagnose breast cancer without biopsy
...RS) method that quantifies breast tissue levels of choline (tCho) compounds, which the study found to be elev...d and a mathematical approach to help "fit" or see choline levels relative to other compounds. This technique also exploits the increased sensitivity of a hig......n. The connection between liver abnormalities and choline deficiency in humans was first demonstrated in 199...chers conducted a small study to establish whether choline supplementation could reverse hepatic steatosis (fatty liver) in patients who were receiving long-te...... in older people with MCI, the brain produces more choline acetyltransferase (ChAT), an enzyme that is important in memory and cognitive functions. The researchers believe this is the brains attempt to maintain normal function as the neurons that form communication lines to the brains memory center die. Stre...