Regarding "Increased Prefrontal and Hippocampal Glutamate Concentration in Schizophrenia: Evidence from a Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Study"

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1218-1219

  Théberge, Jean ^a   Jensen, J Eric ^a   Rowland, Laura M ^b  

^a MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; glutamate; glutamine; MRS quantification; proton MRS; schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; INOSITOL; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ACCURACY; AMINO ACID BRAIN LEVEL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LETTER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYSTEMATIC ERROR;

ASPARTIC ACID; CHOLINE; CREATINE; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; GLUTAMIC ACID; GYRUS CINGULI; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHOSPHOCREATINE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REFERENCE VALUES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; THALAMUS;

EID: 34247612982     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2006.05.037     Document Type: Letter

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