Temporal lobe proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy of patients with first-episode psychosis

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.3.444

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OBJECTIVE: The authors measured the ratio of N-acetyl aspartate (a putative neuronal marker) to creatine-phosphocreatine in patients with first-episode psychosis by using proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS). METHOD: Temporal lobe 1H MRS was performed bilaterally on 13 patients with first-episode psychosis and 15 comparison subjects. The N- acetyl aspartate/creatine-phosphocreatine and choline/creatine- phosphocreatine ratios were determined. RESULTS: The N-acetyl aspartate/creatine-phosphocreatine ratio of the psychotic patients was significantly lower than that of the comparison subjects. CONCLUSIONS: These preliminary data suggest that abnormalities in temporal lobe N- acetyl aspartate concentration are present early in psychotic illness.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 152 • Number 3 • March 1995

Pages: 444 - 446

PubMed: 7864274

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Published in print: March 1995

Published online: 1 April 2006

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Temporal lobe proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy of patients with first-episode psychosis

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