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Rosette Spectroscopic Imaging for Whole-Brain Slab Metabolite Mapping at 7T: Acceleration Potential and Reproducibility

Lijing Xin, Mark Stephan Widmaier, André Döring

Whole-brain proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging (H-1-MRSI) is a non-invasive technique for assessing neurochemical distribution in the brain, offering valuable insights into brain functions and neural diseases. It greatly benefits from the impr ...

Wiley2025

Fast 3D 31P B1+ mapping with a weighted stack of spiral trajectory at 7 T

Lijing Xin, Katarzyna Pierzchala, Daniel Wenz, Mark Stephan Widmaier

Purpose: Phosphorus MRS (31P MRS) enables noninvasive assessment of energy metabolism, yet its application is hindered by sensitivity limitations. To overcome this, often high magnetic fields are used, leading to challenges such as spatial (Formula present ...

Wiley2025

Neurochemical characteristics of pathological tissues in epilepsy: A preliminary 1H MR spectroscopy study at 7 T

Lijing Xin

Background and purpose: This study aims to evaluate the neurochemical characteristics of pathological tissues by 1H magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) in patient with pharmaco-resistant focal epilepsy at 7 T. Methods: Thirteen patients with drug-resista ...

2025

A graphical pipeline platform for MRS data processing and analysis: MRSpecLAB

Lijing Xin, Mark Stephan Widmaier, André Döring

Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) and magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging (MRSI), are non-invasive techniques used to quantify biochemical compounds in tissue, such as choline, creatine, glutamate, glutamine, γ-aminobutyric acid, N-acetylaspartate ...

2025

CEST imaging combined with 1H-MRS reveal the neuroprotective effects of riluzole by improving neurotransmitter imbalances in Alzheimer's disease mice

Lijing Xin

BackgroundThe imbalance of glutamate (Glu) and gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) neurotransmitter system plays a crucial role in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Riluzole is a Glu modulator originally approved for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis th ...

BMC2025

NMR-based metabolomics combined with metabolic pathway analysis reveals metabolic heterogeneity of colorectal cancer tissue at different anatomical locations and stages

Lijing Xin

Colorectal cancer (CRC) still remains the leading cause of cancer death worldwide. This study aimed to profile the metabolic differences of colorectal cancer tissues (CCT) at different stages and sites, as compared with their distant noncancerous tissues ( ...

2024

Twisted pair transmission line coil - a flexible, self-decoupled and robust element for 7 T MRI

Lijing Xin, Daniel Wenz

Objective: This study evaluates the performance of a twisted pair transmission line coil as a transceive element for 7 T MRI in terms of physical flexibility, robustness to shape deformations, and interelement decoupling. Methods: Each coil element was cre ...

Elsevier Science Inc2024

Five percent CO2 inhalation alleviates hippocampal glutamate and water homeostasis disturbance, neuronal damage, and learning-memory impairment in sleep-deprived rats

Lijing Xin

Background: Sleep deprivation causes hippocampal injury, manifesting as neuronal damage and learning-memory impairment. These negative effects may be associated with disturbance of hippocampal glutamate and water homeostasis, which induces excessive neuron ...

2024

Editorial for “Human Brain Deuterium Metabolic Imaging at 7 T: Impact of Different [6,6'-2H2]Glucose Doses”

Lijing Xin

2024

A neurometabolic mechanism involving dmPFC/dACC lactate in physical effort-based decision-making

Maria del Carmen Sandi Perez, Lijing Xin, Arthur Barakat, Nicolas Clairis

Motivation levels vary across individuals, yet the underlying mechanisms driving these differences remain elusive. The dorsomedial prefrontal cortex/dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (dmPFC/dACC) and the anterior insula (aIns) play crucial roles in effort-b ...

Springer Science and Business Media LLC2024

NMR and MS reveal characteristic metabolome atlas and optimize esophageal squamous cell carcinoma early detection

Lijing Xin, Yan Lin, Wei Ye, Yubo Zhao

Metabolic changes precede malignant histology. However, it remains unclear whether detectable characteristic metabolome exists in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) tissues and biofluids for early diagnosis. Here, we conduct NMR- and MS-based metabo ...

Nature Portfolio2024

Neurocognition and NMDAR co-agonists pathways in individuals with treatment resistant first-episode psychosis: a 3-year follow-up longitudinal study

Lijing Xin, Kim Do

This study aims to determine whether 1) individuals with treatment-resistant schizophrenia display early cognitive impairment compared to treatment-responders and healthy controls and 2) N-methyl-D-aspartate-receptor hypofunction is an underlying mechanism ...

Springernature2024

Rebalance the Inhibitory System in the Elderly Brain: Influence of Balance Learning on GABAergic Inhibition and Functional Connectivity

Lijing Xin, Alessandra Griffa, Songi Lim

Aging involves complex processes that impact the structure, function, and metabolism of the human brain. Declines in both structural and functional integrity along with reduced local inhibitory tone in the motor areas, as indicated by reduced γ-aminobutyri ...

Wiley2024

MRI characterization of in vitro clots at 3T and 7T: A technical note

François Lazeyras, Lijing Xin

In acute ischemic stroke, the composition of the occlusive clot can be associated with the underlying pathophysiology and the response to treatment. For these reasons, it is important to characterize the clot composition from clinical scans. We examine the ...

Masson Editeur2024

Fast in vivo assay of creatine kinase activity in the human brain by P-31 magnetic resonance fingerprinting

Lijing Xin, Songi Lim, Daniel Wenz, Mark Stephan Widmaier

A new and efficient magnetisation transfer P-31 magnetic resonance fingerprinting (MT-P-31-MRF) approach is introduced to measure the creatine kinase metabolic rate kCK

{k}_{\mathrm{CK}}

between phosphocreatine (PCr) and adenosine triphosphate (ATP) i ...

WILEY2023

Variability and magnitude of brain glutamate levels in schizophrenia: a meta and mega-analysis

Lijing Xin

Glutamatergic dysfunction is implicated in schizophrenia pathoaetiology, but this may vary in extent between patients. It is unclear whether inter-individual variability in glutamate is greater in schizophrenia than the general population. We conducted met ...

SPRINGERNATURE2023

Apparent diffusion coefficients of 31P metabolites in the human calf muscle at 7 T

Lijing Xin, Daniel Wenz

PurposeIn this study, we aimed to measure the apparent diffusion coefficients (ADCs) of major phosphorous metabolites in the human calf muscle at 7 T with a diffusion-weighted (DW)-STEAM sequence.MethodsA DW-STEAM sequence with bipolar gradients was implem ...

SPRINGER2023

High-dimensional parameter determination based on mr fingerprinting measurements

Lijing Xin, Songi Lim, Mark Stephan Widmaier

The present invention concerns a method for determining an estimated value for different parameters on the basis of one or more acquired signals obtained during a Magnetic Resonance Fingerprinting measurement. The method includes using a correction model a ...

2023

Improved reproducibility of γ-aminobutyric acid measurement from short-echo-time proton MR spectroscopy by linewidth-matched basis sets in LCModel

Bernard Lanz, Lijing Xin, Songi Lim

gamma-Aminobutyric acid (GABA), as the primary inhibitory neurotransmitter, is extremely important for maintaining healthy brain function, and deviations from GABA homeostasis are related to various brain diseases. Short-echo-time (short-TE) proton MR spec ...

Wiley2023

Redox and Immune Signaling in Schizophrenia: New Therapeutic Potential

Lijing Xin, Daniella Dwir, Kim Do

Redox biology and immune signaling play major roles in the body, including in brain function. A rapidly growing literature also suggests that redox and immune abnormalities are implicated in neuropsychiatric conditions such as schizophrenia (SZ), bipolar d ...

OXFORD UNIV PRESS2023