2009
Adipose tissue distribution after weight restoration and weight maintenance in women with anorexia nervosa
Mayer L, Klein DA, Black E, Attia E, Shen W, Mao X, Shungu DC, Punyanita M, Gallagher D, Wang J, Heymsfield SB, Hirsch J, Ginsberg HN, Walsh BT. Adipose tissue distribution after weight restoration and weight maintenance in women with anorexia nervosa. American Journal Of Clinical Nutrition 2009, 90: 1132-1137. PMID: 19793856, PMCID: PMC2762154, DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2009.27820.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdipose tissue distributionAcute weight restorationControl subjectsWeight maintenanceWeight restorationAdipose tissueAnorexia nervosaTissue distributionControl womenVisceral adipose tissue distributionLong-term weight maintenanceAdult womenWhole-body magnetic resonanceHealthy control subjectsFemale control subjectsHealthy control womenIntermuscular adipose tissueCentral adiposity phenotypeHospital dischargeNormal weightBody compositionNormalization of weightBody image distortionPatientsTime points
2008
Reproducibility of single‐ and multi‐voxel 1H MRS measurements of intramyocellular lipid in overweight and lean subjects under conditions of controlled dietary calorie and fat intake
Shen W, Mao X, Wolper C, Heshka S, Dashnaw S, Hirsch J, Heymsfield SB, Shungu DC. Reproducibility of single‐ and multi‐voxel 1H MRS measurements of intramyocellular lipid in overweight and lean subjects under conditions of controlled dietary calorie and fat intake. NMR In Biomedicine 2008, 21: 498-506. PMID: 17955571, PMCID: PMC2892914, DOI: 10.1002/nbm.1218.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntramyocellular lipidsLean subjectsSV-MRSTotal muscle creatineTibialis anterior muscleOverweight subjectsFat intakeDietary fatAnterior muscleCalorie intakeMuscle creatineFemale CaucasiansDietary caloriesDuplicate measuresMRS measurementsIntakeMRSISubjectsShorter scan timeTCRDaysOverweightLipidsCoefficient of variation
2007
Quantitative objective markers for upper and lower motor neuron dysfunction in ALS
Mitsumoto H, Ulu A, Pullman S, Gooch C, Chan S, Tang M, Mao X, Hays A, Floyd A, Battista V, Montes J, Hayes S, Dashnaw S, Kaufmann P, Gordon P, Hirsch J, Levin B, Rowland L, Shungu D. Quantitative objective markers for upper and lower motor neuron dysfunction in ALS. Neurology 2007, 68: 1402-1410. PMID: 17452585, DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000260065.57832.87.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAmyotrophic Lateral SclerosisAspartic AcidBiomarkersCreatineDiffusion Magnetic Resonance ImagingFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansMagnetic Resonance SpectroscopyMaleMiddle AgedMotor CortexMotor Neuron DiseaseMotor NeuronsMuscular Atrophy, SpinalNeural ConductionProspective StudiesTranscranial Magnetic StimulationConceptsMotor unit number estimationCentral motor conduction timeMotor conduction timeAcetyl-aspartate concentrationsUMN syndromeControl subjectsTibialis anteriorConduction timeObjective markersLower motor neuron dysfunctionLower motor neuron involvementALS Functional RatingMotor neuron involvementMotor neuron dysfunctionProton MR spectroscopic imagingTranscranial magnetic stimulationRatio of NAADiffusion tensor imagingLMN syndromesDisease activityNeuron involvementNeuron dysfunctionMR spectroscopic imagingFunctional ratingObjective biomarkers