Table 5.

Neurochemical profile of controls and patients

Metabolite	Control	Patient	Control	Patient
	Occipital Cortex (N=12)	Occipital Cortex (N=13)	Parietal Cortex (N=11)	Parietal Cortex (N=13)
[Glu]	7.00 (1.04)	5.99 (0.78)**	7.07 (1.13)	6.72 (1.52)
[NAA]	8.80 (0.72)	8.52 (0.37)	8.51 (0.86)	7.87 (0.97)#
[GPC + CPh]	1.04 (0.15)	1.09 (0.23)	1.47 (0.24)₮	1.36 (0.25)#
[Cr + PCr]	6.89 (0.55)	6.76 (0.54)	6.79 (0.66)	6.28 (0.46)*
[Glu + Gln]	7.40 (2.22)	6.38 (0.92)	7.50 (1.28)	7.17 (1.59)

Data are presented as mean and (SD).

^**P=0.011(comparison of occipital [Glu] between controls and patients);

^*p=0.035 (comparison of parietal [Cr + PCr] between controls and patients);

^₮p < 0.001 (comparison of occipital versus parietal metabolites of control subjects);

^#p < 0.02 (for comparison of occipital and parietal metabolites of patients)