Cerebrospinal fluid GABA levels in various neurological and psychiatric diseases.
Cerebrospinal fluid gamma-aminobutyric acid (CSF-GABA) was analysed by radioreceptor assay in 16 normal controls and 84 patients with various neurological and psychiatric diseases. In patients with spinocerebellar degeneration, neuro-Behçet's syndrome and Parkinson's disease, CSF-GABA levels were decreased. On the other hand, increased CSF-GABA levels were detected in patients with meningitis.
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*
D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid