title: Systematic regional variations of GABA, glutamine, and glutamate concentrations follow receptor fingerprints of human cingulate cortex.
abstract: Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) of glutamatergic or GABAergic measures in anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) was found altered in psychiatric disorders and predictive of interindividual variations of functional responses in healthy populations. Several ACC subregions have been parcellated into receptor-architectonically different portions with heterogeneous fingerprints for excitatory and inhibitory receptors. Similarly, these subregions overlap with functionally distinct regions showing opposed signal changes toward stimulation or resting conditions. We therefore investigated whether receptor-architectonical and functional segregation of the cingulate cortex in humans was also reflected in its local concentrations of glutamate (Glu), glutamine (Gln), and GABA. To accomplish a multiregion estimation of all three metabolites in one robust and reliable session, we used an optimized 7T-stimulated echo-acquisition mode method with variable-rate selective excitation pulses. Our results demonstrated that, ensuring high data retest reliability, four cingulate subregions discerning e.g., pregenual ACC (pgACC) from anterior mid-cingulate cortex showed different metabolite concentrations and ratios reflective of regionally specific inhibition/excitation balance. These findings could be controlled for potential influences of local gray matter variations or MRS voxel-placement deviations. Pregenual ACC was found to have significantly higher GABA and Glu concentrations than other regions. This pattern was not paralleled by Gln concentrations, which for both absolute and relative values showed a rostrocaudal gradient with highest values in pgACC. Increased excitatory Glu and inhibitory GABA in pgACC were shown to follow a regional segregation agreeing with recently shown receptor-architectonic GABAB receptor distribution in ACC, whereas Gln distribution followed a pattern of AMPA receptors.
authors.affiliation: Biomedical Magnetic Resonance, Otto-von-Guericke University, 39120 Magdeburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Weiqiang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Dou
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Palomero-Gallagher
authors.forename: Marie-José
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: van Tol
authors.forename: Jörn
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kaufmann
authors.forename: Kai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zhong
authors.forename: Hans-Gert
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Bernstein
authors.forename: Hans-Jochen
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Heinze
authors.forename: Oliver
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Speck
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Walter
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001931:Brain Mapping; D018698:Glutamic Acid / Q000378:metabolism*; D005973:Glutamine / Q000378:metabolism*; D006179:Gyrus Cinguli / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D016014:Linear Models; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008297:Male; D018091:Receptors, AMPA / Q000378:metabolism; D018080:Receptors, GABA-B / Q000378:metabolism; D055815:Young Adult; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D018091:Receptors, AMPA; D018080:Receptors, GABA-B; D005973:Glutamine; D018698:Glutamic Acid; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid
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