Article
ACC Glu/GABA ratio is decreased in euthymic bipolar disorder I patients: possible in vivo neurometabolite explanation for mood stabilization.
European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience - 1 Apr 2021
Scotti-Muzzi Estêvão, Chile Thais, Moreno Ricardo, Pastorello Bruno Fraccini, da Costa Leite Cláudia, Henning Anke, Otaduy Maria Concepcion Garcia, Vallada Homero, Soeiro-de-Souza Márcio Gerhardt
Abstract excerpt
Bipolar disorder (BD) is characterized by unstable mood states ranging from mania to depression. Although there is some evidence that mood instability may result from an imbalance between excitatory glutamatergic and inhibitory GABA-ergic neurotransmission, few proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H-MRS) studies have measured these two neurometabolites simultaneously in BD. The enzyme glutamic acid...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Anticonvulsants
- Antipsychotic Agents
- Bipolar Disorder
- Female
- Glutamate Decarboxylase
- Glutamic Acid
- Gyrus Cinguli
- Humans
