title: Cerebrospinal fluid GABA and cyclic nucleotides in alcoholics with and without seizures.
abstract: Cerebrospinal fluid levels of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and cyclic nucleotides were measured in alcoholic and control patients. Alcoholics without seizures had higher GABA levels than either alcoholics with seizures or controls. Levels of cyclic AMP and cyclic GMP in cerebrospinal fluid of controls and alcoholics with and without seizures were not significantly different.
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid* / Q000150:complications; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D006152:Cyclic GMP / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D006801:Humans; D012640:Seizures / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid* / Q000209:etiology; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*
chemical_list: D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D006152:Cyclic GMP