Molecular self‐diffusion of intracellular metabolites in rat brain in vivo Investigated by Localized Proton NMR Diffusion Spectroscopy

Abstract
Molecular self-diffusion coefficients of water (0.75 ± 0.05), Nacetylaspartate (0.27 ± 0.04), creatines (0.27 ± 0.04), and cholines (0.28 ± 0.08) × 10−5 cm2 s−1 were obtained from localized proton NMR spectra of rat brain in vivo using diffusion-weighted stimulated-echo (STEAM) sequences with a diffusion time of (Δ − δ/3) = 17 ms.