Table 2 1H-MRS quality parameters and glutamate levels by region.

From: Association between increased anterior cingulate glutamate and psychotic-like experiences, but not autistic traits in healthy volunteers

Region

ACC

PUT R

PUT L

DLPFC R

DLPFC L

n

53

33

38

53

52

Glu (SD), mol/kg

28.11 (1.91)

25.69 (1.90)

25.56 (1.96)

20.83 (1.86)

21.28 (1.99)

CRLB (SD), %

5.25 (0.52)

5.85 (0.76)

6.08 (0.78)

5.72 (0.57)

5.73 (0.60)

SNR (SD)

101.06 (13.88)

48.65 (5.21)

47.23 (6.74)

126.77 (19.74)

124.14 (15.75)

FWHM (SD), Hz

6.18 (0.44)

9.18 (0.48)

9.05 (0.53)

7.55 (0.68)

7.71 (0.74)

GM vol (SD), %

69.21 (4.07)

70.26 (5.18)

68.57 (4.65)

43.03 (5.55)

41.21 (5.97)

WM vol (SD), %

11.54 (2.74)

29.53 (5.12)

31.20 (4.66)

50.99 (8.23)

53.13 (7.12)

CSF vol (SD), %

19.25 (3.21)

00.21 (0.60)

00.23 (0.44)

5.98 (3.82)

5.66 (1.91)

  1. Values are mean (SD).
  2. ACC, anterior cingulate cortex; PUT R, right putamen; PUT L, left putamen; DLPFC R, right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; DLPFC L, left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; Glu, glutamate; CRLB, Cramer-Rao Lower Bound; SNR, signal-to-noise ratio; FWHM, full width at half maximum, measurement for the water linewidth; GM, grey matter; WM, white matter; CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; vol, volume; SD, standard deviation.
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