Preliminary evidence of low cortical GABA levels in localized 1H-MR spectra of alcohol-dependent and hepatic encephalopathy patients

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 156, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 952-954

  Behar, Kevin L ^a   Rothman, Douglas L ^b   Petersen, Kitt F ^b   Hooten, Michael ^b   Delaney, Richard ^b   Petroff, Ognen A C ^b   Shulman, Gerald I ^b   Navarro, Victor ^b   Petrakis, Ismene L ^b   Charney, Dennis S ^b   Krystal, John H ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMMONIA; GLUTAMINE; HOMOCARNOSINE; INOSITOL; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; AMINO ACID BRAIN LEVEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

EID: 0033020357     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.156.6.952     Document Type: Article

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