NMR in Living Systems

Abstract

An Overview of Biological Applications of NMR.- Theoretical Background to High Resolution NMR Parameters and Nuclear Shielding Calculations.- An Introduction to NMR Relaxation Mechanisms.- Some Calculations of Nuclear Spin-Spin Couplings.- Two-Dimensional NMR Spectroscopy.- NMR Data Processing in Computers.- The Physical Basis of NMR Tomography.- The Sensitivity of the NMR Imaging Experiment.- The Use of Models in the Interpretation of NMR Images.- Chemical Shift Imaging.- Medical Aspects of Magnetic Resonance.- Mr-Imaging and Spectroscopy Offering New Possibilities in Medical Diagnoses.- Cost and Availablity of Commercial NMR Equipment And Requirements for Housing, Installation and Operation.- Practical Aspects of In-Vitro and In-Vivo T1 and T2 Measurements.- Construction of a Combined High Resolution NMR Spectrometer - Tomograph.- Gathering Metabolic Information Using 13C and 1H High Resolution Spectra of Living Systems.- Non-Invasive Localized Volume Spectroscopy of Animals: Prospects from the Viewpoint of the High Resolution Spectroscopist.- NMR Methods FOR Measuring Cation Concentrations in Biological Systems.- NMR Spectroscopy of Intracellular Sodium Ions in Living Cells.- Applications of Carbon-13 and Sodium-23 NMR in the Study of Plants, Animal, and Human Cells.- NMR Measurement of Intracellular Free Magnesium Ions in Living Cells.- NMR Studies of Drug Receptor Complexes: Antifolate Drugs Binding to Dihydrofolate Reductase.- Non-Medical Applications of NMR Imaging.- Other Methods for Imaging the Intact Human Body.- How to Cope with the Literature of NMR of Living Systems.- List of Participants.