Preliminary Evidence of Low Cortical GABA Levels in Localized 1H-MR Spectra of Alcohol-Dependent and Hepatic Encephalopathy Patients
Behar KL, Rothman DL, Petersen KF, Hooten M, Delaney R, Petroff OA, Shulman GI, Navarro V, Petrakis IL, Charney DS, Krystal JH. Preliminary Evidence of Low Cortical GABA Levels in Localized 1H-MR Spectra of Alcohol-Dependent and Hepatic Encephalopathy Patients. American Journal Of Psychiatry 1999, 156: 952-954. PMID: 10360140, DOI: 10.1176/ajp.156.6.952.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHepatic encephalopathy patientsEncephalopathy patientsGamma-aminobutyric acidHealthy subjectsCortical GABA levelsGABA-ergic systemDetoxified alcohol-dependent patientsAlcohol-dependent patientsNeuroactive amino acidsCerebral cortexGABA levelsOccipital cortexPatientsMetabolite levelsPreliminary evidenceCortexSubjectsLevelsDisease