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Regional Differences in Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid and Glutamate Concentrations in the Healthy Newborn Brain

S.K. Basu, S. Pradhan, S.D. Barnett, M. Mikkelsen, K.J. Kapse, J. Murnick, J.L. Quistorff, C.A. Lopez, A.J. du Plessis and C. Limperopoulos
American Journal of Neuroradiology January 2022, 43 (1) 125-131; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A7336
S.K. Basu
aFrom the Department of Neonatology (S.K.B.)
bDeveloping Brain Institute (S.K.B., S.P., S.D.B., K.J.K., J.L.Q., C.A.L., C.L.)
eGeorge Washington University School of Medicine (S.K.B. S.P., S.D.B., J.M., A.J.d.P., C.L.), Washington, DC
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S. Pradhan
bDeveloping Brain Institute (S.K.B., S.P., S.D.B., K.J.K., J.L.Q., C.A.L., C.L.)
eGeorge Washington University School of Medicine (S.K.B. S.P., S.D.B., J.M., A.J.d.P., C.L.), Washington, DC
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S.D. Barnett
bDeveloping Brain Institute (S.K.B., S.P., S.D.B., K.J.K., J.L.Q., C.A.L., C.L.)
eGeorge Washington University School of Medicine (S.K.B. S.P., S.D.B., J.M., A.J.d.P., C.L.), Washington, DC
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M. Mikkelsen
fDepartment of Radiology (M.M., J.M.), Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York
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K.J. Kapse
bDeveloping Brain Institute (S.K.B., S.P., S.D.B., K.J.K., J.L.Q., C.A.L., C.L.)
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J. Murnick
eGeorge Washington University School of Medicine (S.K.B. S.P., S.D.B., J.M., A.J.d.P., C.L.), Washington, DC
fDepartment of Radiology (M.M., J.M.), Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York
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J.L. Quistorff
bDeveloping Brain Institute (S.K.B., S.P., S.D.B., K.J.K., J.L.Q., C.A.L., C.L.)
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C.A. Lopez
bDeveloping Brain Institute (S.K.B., S.P., S.D.B., K.J.K., J.L.Q., C.A.L., C.L.)
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A.J. du Plessis
dFetal Medicine Institute (A.J.d.P.), Children’s National Hospital, Washington, DC
eGeorge Washington University School of Medicine (S.K.B. S.P., S.D.B., J.M., A.J.d.P., C.L.), Washington, DC
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C. Limperopoulos
bDeveloping Brain Institute (S.K.B., S.P., S.D.B., K.J.K., J.L.Q., C.A.L., C.L.)
cDivision of Diagnostic Imaging and Radiology (C.L.)
eGeorge Washington University School of Medicine (S.K.B. S.P., S.D.B., J.M., A.J.d.P., C.L.), Washington, DC
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