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. 2023 Jun 12;29(12):3829–3841. doi: 10.1111/cns.14303

TABLE 2.

MRS data analysis of GABA and Glx levels.

GABA IU (SNR) Glx IU (SNR) GABA/Glx
Pre‐treatment Post‐treatment Pre‐treatment Post‐treatment Pre‐treatment Post‐treatment
etFUS
Subject 1 2.440 (11.60) 2.496 (10.35) 5.229 (11.74) 6.849 (11.39) 0.467 0.364
Subject 2 3.272 (12.23) 2.778 (14.76) 7.203 (10.08) 6.820 (11.62) 0.454 0.407
Subject 3 2.702 (12.91) 2.210 (15.45) 6.168 (12.54) 7.279 (13.48) 0.438 0.304
Subject 4 2.725 (14.75) 2.881 (10.13) 6.780 (10.11) 7.181 (12.31) 0.402 0.401
Mean ± SEM 2.785 ± 0.175 2.591 ± 0.151 6.345 ± 0.428 7.032 ± 0.116 0.440 ± 0.014 0.369 ± 0.024 (p = 0.095)
itFUS
Subject 5 2.911 (12.32) 4.931 (11.60) 7.578 (12.08) 8.457 (9.92) 0.384 0.583
Subject 6 2.084 (13.70) 2.266 (11.94) 6.313 (13.92) 6.190 (11.94) 0.330 0.366
Subject 7 2.135 (12.83) 2.395 (10.19) 5.103 (12.62) 5.135 (11.90) 0.419 0.466
Subject 8 2.622 (10.92) 3.216 (12.40) 6.818 (10.28) 6.633 (11.10) 0.385 0.485
Subject 9 2.907 (9.85) 2.502 (12.20) 6.658 (8.70) 5.169 (10.20) 0.437 0.384
Mean ± SEM 2.532 ± 0.180 3.062 ± 0.495 6.494 ± 0.405 6.317 ± 0.609 0.391 ± 0.018 0.477 ± 0.034*

Note: Significant differences of GABA/Glx between pre‐treatment and post‐treatment are tested by paired t test with p < 0.05 accepted as significant.

Abbreviation: SNR, Signal‐to‐Noise Ratio.

*

Asterisk significant differences between before and after consecutive tFUS stimulation (*p < 0.05).