Increased thalamus levels of glutamate and glutamine (Glx) in patients with idiopathic generalised epilepsy

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 489-494

  Helms, G ^a   Ciumas, C ^a   Kyaga, S ^a   Savic, Ivanka ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IDIOPATHIC GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FEMALE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; THALAMUS;

EID: 33645562377     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2005.074682     Document Type: Article

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