Correlations of ADHD symptoms with neurometabolites measured by 1H magnetic resonance spectroscopy

Bratislava Medical Journal

Volumn 115, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 635-642

  Husarova, V ^a,c   Bittsansky, M ^b   Ondrejka, I ^a   Dobrota, D ^b  

^a Martinska Fakultna Nemocnica   (Slovakia)

^b University Hospital in Martin   (Slovakia)

^c Bratislava   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Choline; Glutamate; N acetylaspartate; Prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908214342     PISSN: 00069248     EISSN: 13360345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4149/BLL_2014_123     Document Type: Article

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