Low levels of N-acetyl aspartate in the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex of pediatric bipolar patients

Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 461-473

  Olvera, Rene L ^a   Caetano, Sheila C ^a,b,c   Fonseca, Manoela ^a,b,d   Nicoletti, Mark ^a   Stanley, Jeffrey A ^e   Hua, Hsuan Chen ^f   Hatch, John P ^a,f   Hunter, Kristina ^a   Pliszka, Steven R ^a   Soares, Jair C ^a,b,f,g  

^a Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^b SOUTH TEXAS VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^e WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE; CREATINE PHOSPHATE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCEROPHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; INOSITOL; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; METABOLITE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROIMAGING; ORGANIC BRAIN SYNDROME; POINT RESOLVED SPECTROSCOPY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RANK SUM TEST; SCHOOL CHILD; SPECTROSCOPY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ASPARTIC ACID; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHILD; CREATINE; FEMALE; GLYCERYLPHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; PHOSPHOCREATINE; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PUBERTY;

EID: 34548680766     PISSN: 10445463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cap.2007.0102     Document Type: Article

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