Increased glutamate levels in the medial prefrontal cortex in patients with postpartum depression

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2428-2435

  McEwen, Alyssa M ^a   Burgess, Denee T A ^a   Hanstock, Christopher C ^b   Seres, Peter ^b   Khalili, Panteha ^a   Newman, Stephen C ^a   Baker, Glen B ^a   Mitchell, Nicholas D ^a   Khudabux Der, Janisse ^a   Allen, Peter S ^b   Lemelledo, Jean Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

depression; glutamate; magnetic resonance spectroscopy; medial prefrontal cortex; postpartum; women

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; AMINO ACID BRAIN LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; PUERPERIUM;

ADULT; ASPARTIC ACID; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CREATINE; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCERYLPHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREGNANCY; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866390929     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: 1740634X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/npp.2012.101     Document Type: Article

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