N-acetyl aspartate levels in adolescents with bipolar and/or cannabis use disorders

Journal of Dual Diagnosis

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 39-43

  Bitter, Samantha M ^a,b,c   Weber, Wade A ^a   Chu, Wen Jang ^d   Adler, Caleb M ^a,d   Eliassen, James C ^d   Strakowski, Stephen M ^a,d   DelBello, Melissa P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c 705 Engineering Research Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI ACADEMIC HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

1H MRS; Adolescents; Bipolar disorder; Cannabis use; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Marijuana; N acetyl aspartate; NAA

Indexed keywords

N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; N-ACETYLASPARTATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ADULT; AMINO ACID BRAIN LEVEL; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; LEFT VENTRAL LATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; WHOLE BODY MRI; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; COMPLICATION; METABOLISM; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASPARTIC ACID; BIPOLAR DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROTON MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898434246     PISSN: 15504263     EISSN: 15504271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15504263.2013.869077     Document Type: Article

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