Purpose: To establish the diurnal stability of edited magnetic resonance spectroscopy measurements of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) in visual and sensorimotor regions of the brain.
Materials And Methods: GABA measurements were made in two regions of the brain (an occipital, "visual" region and a "sensorimotor" region centered on the precentral gyrus) using the MEGA-PRESS editing method, scanning eight healthy adults at five timepoints during a single day. GABA concentration was quantified from the ratio of the GABA integral to the unsuppressed water signal.