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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Mar 22.
Published in final edited form as: Brain Res. 2010 Dec 23;1380:198–205. doi: 10.1016/j.brainres.2010.12.057

Table 2.

Regional metabolite concentration in adults with autistic spectrum disorders and healthy controls.

NAA Cr Cho Ins Glx
Region ASD HC ASD HC ASD HC ASD HC ASD HC
Tha
   Left 1.75 (0.4) 1.77 (0.5) 0.98 (0.1) 1.06 (0.2) 0.84 (0.1) 0.83 (0.4) 0.37 (0.1) 0.37 (0.1) 1.49 (0.3) 1.58 (0.2)
   Right 1.77 (0.4) 1.72 (0.4) 1.02 (0.1) 0.94 (0.1) 0.89 (0.1) 0.84 (0.1) 0.42 (0.2) 0.44 (0.2) 1.57 (0.5) 1.90 (0.9)
TPJ
   Left 1.56 (0.4) 1.83 (0.4) 0.80 (0.2) 0.95 (0.3) 0.62 (0.2) 0.77 (0.5) 0.27 (0.1) 0.45 (0.2) 1.23 (0.7) 1.41 (0.7)
   Right 1.76 (0.5) 2.14 (0.6) 1.01 (0.1) 1.00 (0.2) 0.83 (0.3) 0.72 (0.2) 0.49 (0.1) 0.49 (0.1) 1.49 (0.5) 1.67 (1.0)
IPS
   Left 1.76 (0.3) 2.06 (0.7) 0.95 (0.2) 0.90 (0.2) 0.62 (0.1) 0.65 (0.2) 0.40 (0.1) 0.37 (0.1) 1.12 (0.5) 1.82 (1.3)
   Right 1.79 (0.7) 1.88 (0.5) 0.80 (0.2) 0.80 (0.1) 0.52 (0.2) 0.57 (0.2) 0.29 (0.1) 0.43 (0.1) 1.51 (1.0) 1.65 (0.7)
ACC
   Left 1.87 (0.3) 1.91 (0.4) 1.12 (0.3) 1.12 (0.3) 1.05 (0.2) 1.17 (0.4) 0.60 (0.3) 0.52 (0.2) 1.31 (0.4) 1.41 (0.3)
   Right 2.07 (0.4) 2.20 (0.4) 1.23 (0.3) 1.17 (0.3) 1.09 (0.2) 1.13 (0.3) 0.57 (0.3) 0.79 (0.4) 1.17 (0.4) 1.76 (0.5)

NAA, N-acetyl-aspartate; Cr, creatinine+phosphocreatinine, Cho, choline-containing compounds; Glx, glutamate+glutamine; Ins, myo-inositol; ACC, anterior cingulate cortex; IPS, intraparietal sulcus; TPJ, temporoparietal junction; Tha, thalamus; ASD, autism spectrum disorder; HC, healthy control.