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NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISEASE AND TREATMENT
Volume 8, Issue -, Pages 119-122Publisher
DOVE MEDICAL PRESS LTD
DOI: 10.2147/NDT.S25582
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Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy; creatine; frontal lobe; parieto-occipital node; left basal ganglia
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Objective: To study the effects of treatment with atypical antipsychotic drugs on brain levels of glutamate plus glutamine in early-stage first-episode schizophrenia. Participants: Sixteen patients (eight males, eight females; aged 30 +/- 11 years) completed the study. Methods: We used administered 6 months of atypical antipsychotic drugs and used proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy to evaluate the results. Results: We found that the administration of atypical antipsychotic drugs for 6 months decreased the glutamate plus glutamine/creatine ratio in the frontal lobe. These results suggest that the administration of atypical antipsychotic drugs for at least 6 months decreased glutamatergic neurotransmissions in the frontal lobe in early-stage first-episode schizophrenia, but there was no difference in frontal-lobe levels between patients and control subjects before administration. Conclusion: Taking these findings into account, the glutamatergic and GABAergic neurons are implicated in early-stage first-episode schizophrenia, but in complex ways.
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