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Effect of Age on GABA+ and Glutathione in a Pediatric Sample

M.G. Saleh, A. Papantoni, M. Mikkelsen, S.C.N. Hui, G. Oeltzschner, N.A. Puts, R.A.E. Edden and S. Carnell
American Journal of Neuroradiology June 2020, 41 (6) 1099-1104; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A6543
M.G. Saleh
aFrom the Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science (M.G.S., M.M., S.C.N.H., G.O., N.A.P., R.A.E.E.)
cF.M. Kirby Research Center for Functional Brain Imaging (M.G.S., M.M., S.C.N.H., G.O., N.A.P., R.A.E.E.), Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, Maryland
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A. Papantoni
bDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (A.P., S.C.), The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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M. Mikkelsen
aFrom the Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science (M.G.S., M.M., S.C.N.H., G.O., N.A.P., R.A.E.E.)
cF.M. Kirby Research Center for Functional Brain Imaging (M.G.S., M.M., S.C.N.H., G.O., N.A.P., R.A.E.E.), Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, Maryland
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cF.M. Kirby Research Center for Functional Brain Imaging (M.G.S., M.M., S.C.N.H., G.O., N.A.P., R.A.E.E.), Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, Maryland
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G. Oeltzschner
aFrom the Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science (M.G.S., M.M., S.C.N.H., G.O., N.A.P., R.A.E.E.)
cF.M. Kirby Research Center for Functional Brain Imaging (M.G.S., M.M., S.C.N.H., G.O., N.A.P., R.A.E.E.), Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, Maryland
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N.A. Puts
aFrom the Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science (M.G.S., M.M., S.C.N.H., G.O., N.A.P., R.A.E.E.)
cF.M. Kirby Research Center for Functional Brain Imaging (M.G.S., M.M., S.C.N.H., G.O., N.A.P., R.A.E.E.), Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, Maryland
dDepartment of Forensic and Neurodevelopmental Sciences (N.A.P.), Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College, London, UK.
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R.A.E. Edden
aFrom the Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science (M.G.S., M.M., S.C.N.H., G.O., N.A.P., R.A.E.E.)
cF.M. Kirby Research Center for Functional Brain Imaging (M.G.S., M.M., S.C.N.H., G.O., N.A.P., R.A.E.E.), Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, Maryland
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bDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (A.P., S.C.), The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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    GABA+- and GSH-edited spectra from participants with a fit error of <15%. GABA+-edited spectra are acquired using both HERMES and MEGA-PRESS sequences.

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    GABA+ and GSH correlations with age. Significant correlations are observed between GABA+ and age, whereas GSH does not significantly correlate with age. r indicates the Pearson correlation coefficient.

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    Parameters
    No.23
    Sex (male/female)12/11
    Age (yr)5.6–13.9; 10.2 ± 2.5
     Male5.6–13.9; 9.81 ± 3.01
     Female8.1–13.1; 10.61 ± 1.76
    Race (No.)
     Black/African-American4
     White16
     >1 race3
    Voxel tissue composition
     Gray matter (%)51.7 ± 4.8
     White matter (%)31.0 ± 3.5
     GMratio (%)62.5 ± 3.8
    Metabolite levels
     GABA+H2O (i.u.)2.70–4.37; 3.35 ± 0.48
     GABA+/Cr0.073–0.120; 0.102 ± 0.011
     GSHH2O (i.u.)1.07–1.92; 1.50 ± 0.24
     GSH/Cr0.036–0.058; 0.05 ± 0.006
    • ↵a Data are minimum–maximum; mean ± SD.

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