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Relationship between genetic variation in the glutaminase gene GLS1 and brain glutamine/glutamate ratio measured in vivo.
Biological psychiatry - 15 Jul 2011
Öngür Dost, Haddad Stephen, Prescot Andrew P, Jensen J Eric, Siburian Richie, Cohen Bruce M, Renshaw Perry F, Smoller Jordan W
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BACKGROUND: Abnormalities in glutamatergic neurotransmission are implicated in several psychiatric disorders, but in vivo neurochemical studies of the glutamate (Glu) system have been hampered by a lack of adequate probes. By contrast, glutamine (Gln) and Glu can be quantified separately in proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy studies in vivo. Accumulating evidence suggests that the Gln/Glu ratio is a putative...
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