GABA levels in CSF of patients with psychiatric disorders
- 1 March 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychiatric Association Publishing in American Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 137 (3) , 362-364
- https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.137.3.362
Abstract
GABA levels in the lumbar CSF of patients with depression, psychosis or undergoing evaluation for a neurologic disorder were measured. GABA levels in the CSF from depressed patients were significantly decreased compared with neurologic control patients. CSF GABA levels in psychotic patients were not different from those in neurologic patients, although the data suggested a decrease in CSF GABA levels in patients with schizoaffective disorder.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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