Increased glutamate/glutamine compounds in the brains of patients with fibromyalgia: A magnetic resonance spectroscopy study

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1829-1836

  Valdés, Manuel ^a   Collado, Antonio ^a   Bargalló, Nuria ^a   Vázquez, Mireia ^a   Rami, Lorena ^b   Gómez, Emili ^a   Salamero, Manel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE;

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HAMILTON ANXIETY SCALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PAIN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; THALAMUS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WHOLE BODY SCANNER;

ANXIETY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CREATINE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 77952902987     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.27430     Document Type: Article

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