CSF GABA in caregiver spouses of Alzheimer patients.
The authors studied CSF gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) in 14 Alzheimer patients and nine age-matched normal subjects. The five normal subjects who were wives of the demented patients had higher CSF GABA concentrations than the four normal subjects without demented spouses.
Pomara
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Lafayette Clinic, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Mich.
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Galloway
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LeWitt
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Stanley
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D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D003704:Dementia / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage; D008875:Middle Aged; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*
D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid