Reduced glutamate in the anterior cingulate cortex in depression: an in vivo proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy study
Biological PsychiatryPublished 1 February 2000
Dorothee P. Auer, Benno Pütz, Eduard Kraft, Bernadette Lipinski, Julia Schill, Florian Holsboer
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This study suggests a possible role of altered glutamatergic neurotransmission within the anterior cingulate in the pathogenesis of mood disorders.
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This study suggests a possible role of altered glutamatergic neurotransmission within the anterior cingulate in the pathogenesis of mood disorders. The otherwise unremarkable findings of major brain metabolites confirms lack of neurodegenerative or membrane metabolic changes in major depression.
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