A decrease in N-acetylaspartate and an increase in myoinositol in the anterior cingulate gyrus are associated with behavioral and psychological symptoms in Alzheimer's disease

J Neurol Sci. 2014 Aug 15;343(1-2):233-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2014.05.040. Epub 2014 May 27.

Authors

Hideto Shinno¹, Takuji Inagaki², Tsuyoshi Miyaoka², Shihoh Okazaki², Tetsuya Kawamukai², Etsuko Utani², Yasushi Inami³, Jun Horiguchi²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry, Shimane University Faculty of Medicine, Izumo, Japan; Department of Neuropsychiatry, Kagawa University School of Medicine, Kagawa, Japan. Electronic address: shinnoh@med.kagawa-u.ac.jp.
² Department of Psychiatry, Shimane University Faculty of Medicine, Izumo, Japan.
³ Department of Psychiatry, Shimane University Faculty of Medicine, Izumo, Japan; Department of Psychiatry, Ehime Rosai Hospital, Niihama, Japan.

PMID: 24950903
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2014.05.040

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Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Alzheimer Disease / metabolism*
Aspartic Acid / analogs & derivatives*
Female
Gyrus Cinguli / metabolism*
Humans
Inositol / metabolism*
Male

Substances

Aspartic Acid
Inositol