Tabel 2.

The amount of metabolites in the brain tissue of hydrocephalus animals and controls

	Control (n = 5)	Hydrocephalus (n = 5)	P-value
Glutathione	1.12 ± 0.16	1.02 ± 0.20	0.89
Aspartate	1.93 ± 0.20	1.69 ± 0.17	0.11
Glutamate	9.20 ± 0.50	7.86 ± 0.97*	0.03
Glutamine	5.90 ± 0.61	5.5 ± 0.51	0.15
GABA	0.96 ± 0.18	0.88 ± 0.04	0.33
Taurine	5.29 ± 0.63	4.54 ± 0.33*	0.04
Alanine	0.93 ± 0.07	0.69 ± 0.15*	0.02
NAA	11.73 ± 1.03	9.41 ± 1.76*	0.03
Myo-inositol	4.13 ± 0.55	4.12 ± 1.29	0.99
Lactate	4.58 ± 1.46	3.73 ± 1.80	0.43

All results are expressed as mean ± standard deviation of 5 control animals and 5 rats with hydrocephalus. All concentrations were corrected for wet weight (μmol/g tissue). Statistical differences between the two groups were analyzed using unpaired two-tailed Student’s t test

* The level of significance was set at P < 0.05