Basal Ganglia High-Energy Phosphate Metabolism in Neuroleptic-Naive Patients With Schizophrenia: A 31-Phosphorus Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Study

Gangadhar, B.N. ; Jayakumar, P.N. ; Subbakrishna, D.K. ; Janakiramaiah, N. ; Keshavan, M.S. (2004) Basal Ganglia High-Energy Phosphate Metabolism in Neuroleptic-Naive Patients With Schizophrenia: A 31-Phosphorus Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Study American Journal of Psychiatry, 161 (7). pp. 1304-1306. ISSN 0002-953X

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Official URL: http://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.161.7.1304

Related URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.161.7.1304

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: This study used 31-phosphorus magnetic resonance spectroscopy (31P MRS) to investigate basal ganglia abnormalities in neuroleptic-naive patients with schizophrenia. METHOD: Nineteen schizophrenia patients and 31 age- and sex-matched healthy comparison subjects underwent 31P MRS. RESULTS: The phosphocreatine/total phosphorus and phosphocreatine/total ATP ratios in both basal ganglia were significantly lower in patients. CONCLUSIONS: Schizophrenia patients showed features of increased metabolism in the basal ganglia consistent with impaired activity of the frontostriatal pathways.

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