Thalamic abnormalities in patients with schizophrenia revealed by proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy.
Psychiatry Res
; 98(3): 155-62, 2000 May 15.
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ABSTRACT
Recent investigations suggest that thalamic abnormalities may underlie symptom formation in schizophrenia. We previously demonstrated reduced concentrations of N-acetylaspartate (NAA) in tissue from the thalamus of schizophrenic patients using in vitro proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H-MRS). In the present study, in vivo 1H-MR spectra of the left thalamus and frontal lobe were investigated in 20 patients with schizophrenia and 16 age-matched control subjects to replicate our previous postmortem findings and support the hypothesis of thalamic abnormality in schizophrenia. Schizophrenic patients showed significantly lower NAA/total creatine (Cr) and choline-containing compounds (Cho)/Cr ratios in the thalamus than control subjects, while no significant difference was found in the frontal lobe. There was no significant correlation in the schizophrenic patients between the NAA/Cr or Cho/Cr ratio and other clinical data including clinical symptoms or neuroleptic dosage. These findings may further support other studies suggesting decreased thalamic volume or neuronal number and/or thalamic dysfunction, and reduction in size of white matter tracts adjacent to the thalamus in schizophrenia, as well as our previous postmortem MRS study.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Esquizofrenia
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Tálamo
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Lobo Frontal
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Psychiatry Res
Ano de publicação:
2000
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Japão