Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy of the lenticular nuclei in bipolar I affective disorder.
Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H-NMS) was used to examine the ratio of choline-containing compound (Cho) to creatine (Cr) in the basal ganglia. Subjects comprised 10 bipolar I affective disorder patients and 10 healthy control subjects. No significant difference was found in the Cho/Cr, N-acetyl-aspartate (NAA)/Cr, or NAA/Cho ratios between bipolar patients and control subjects. Within the bipolar group, negative correlations emerged between the NAA/Cr ratio in the right lenticular nuclei and both age at onset and age at the time of study. The results suggest that a late onset of illness and older age are associated with neuronal cell loss in the right lenticular nuclei in bipolar patients.
Ohara
K
K
Department of Psychiatry, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Shizuoka, Japan.
Isoda
H
H
Suzuki
Y
Y
Takehara
Y
Y
Ochiai
M
M
Takeda
H
H
Igarashi
Y
Y
Ohara
K
K
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001224:Aspartic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D001931:Brain Mapping; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000502:physiology; D002794:Choline / Q000378:metabolism*; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003401:Creatine / Q000378:metabolism*; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009474:Neurons / Q000473:pathology; D012016:Reference Values
D001224:Aspartic Acid; C000179:N-acetylaspartate; D003401:Creatine; D002794:Choline