N-acetyl-aspartate level is decreased in the prefrontal cortex in subjects at-risk for schizophrenia.

Reduced N-Acetyl-Aspartate (NAA) levels have been reported in the prefrontal cortex in patients with schizophrenia using proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy. However, it is unclear whether this NAA reduction predates the illness onset and is reported in subjects at-risk for developing schizophren...

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Main Authors: Marine eMondino, Jerome eBrunelin, Mohamed eSAOUD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyt.2013.00099/full