Increased NAA and reduced choline levels in the anterior cingulum following chronic methylphenidate: A spectroscopic test-retest study in adult ADHD

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 258, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 446-450

  Kronenberg, Golo ^a,b   Ende, Gabriele ^b   Alm, Barbara ^b   Deuschle, Michael ^b   Heuser, Isabella ^a   Colla, Michael ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adult ADHD; Anterior cingulate gyrus; Attention; Magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging; Methylphenidate

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; CREATINE; METHYLPHENIDATE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAIN LEVEL; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ASPARTIC ACID; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BRAIN; CHOLINE; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; METHYLPHENIDATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 54949085378     PISSN: 09401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00406-008-0810-2     Document Type: Article

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