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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2013-09-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Psychiatry |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyt.2013.00099/full |