In this study, the relationships between changes in cell membrane potential and MR measurements of T1, T2, and qMT parameters were examined using a neuroblastoma cell line (SH-SY5Y) as an in vitro model. When the membrane potential was depolarized from -37.7 mV to −7.5 mV, the changes in MR parameters were: T1, +4.29%; T2, +21.2%; pool size ratio (PSR), −12.4%. Contrarily, when the membrane potential was hyperpolarized to −43.0 mV, the changes in MR parameters were: T1, −3.40%; T2, −10.0%; PSR, +6.97%. These observations are expected to be utilized to noninvasively detect changes in the membrane potential of cells.
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