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 (PFC) 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 schiz...

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Main Authors: Mondino, Marine, Brunelin, Jerome, Saoud, Mohamed
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3763479/