Frontal lobe γ-aminobutyric acid levels during adolescence: Associations with impulsivity and response inhibition

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 296-304

  Silveri, Marisa M ^a,b   Sneider, Jennifer T ^a,b   Crowley, David J ^a,b   Covell, Michael J ^a   Acharya, Deepa ^a,b   Rosso, Isabelle M ^a,b   Jensen, J Eric ^a,b  

^a MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

ACC; adolescent; emerging adult; GABA; menstrual cycle; MRS

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID BRAIN LEVEL; ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN MATURATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LINGUISTICS; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; METABOLITE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PARIETO-OCCIPITAL SULCUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REACTION TIME; STROOP TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE; WHITE MATTER;

ACC; ADOLESCENT; EMERGING ADULT; GABA; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MRS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880790262     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2013.01.033     Document Type: Article

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