Fig. 4: Illustrates that the association between k3 in NAcc and glutamate levels in thalamus decreased from before (red circles) to after 6 weeks of treatment with aripiprazole (blue circles) in the subgroup of initially antipsychotic-naïve patients with first-episode psychosis assessed both before and after treatment (Glu in thalamus*visit: p = 0.013). | Molecular Psychiatry

Fig. 4: Illustrates that the association between k3 in NAcc and glutamate levels in thalamus decreased from before (red circles) to after 6 weeks of treatment with aripiprazole (blue circles) in the subgroup of initially antipsychotic-naïve patients with first-episode psychosis assessed both before and after treatment (Glu in thalamus*visit: p = 0.013).

From: Interrelations between dopaminergic-, gabaergic- and glutamatergic neurotransmitters in antipsychotic-naïve psychosis patients and the association to initial treatment response

Fig. 4

DS dopamine synthesis, NAcc nucleus accumbens, 18F-DOPA 3,4-dihydroxy-6-[18F]fluoro-L-phenylalanine, IU Institutional units.

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