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Comparison of brain neurotransmitters in schizophrenia patients with different disease characteristics (mean ± SD)
|
Disease characteristics
|
n
|
DA
|
Glu
|
GABA
|
| Positive symptom | 57 | 6.52 ± 1.14 | 5.81 ± 0.75 | 6.56 ± 0.94 |
| Negative symptom | 40 | 4.63 ± 0.98 | 5.35 ± 0.71 | 6.03 ± 0.88 |
| t | 8.506 | 3.039 | 2.806 | |
| P | 0.000 | 0.003 | 0.006 |
DA: Dopamine; Glu: Glutamic acid; GABA: Gamma-aminobutyric acid.
