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. 2010 Dec 8;18(1):34–40. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-5949.2010.00226.x

Table 1.

Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H MRS at 4 Tesla) findings in ADHD subjects and in controls

Controls (N= 12) ADHD (N= 10) Controls versus ADHD untreated ADHD untreated versus ADHD treated
Untreated (Baseline) Treated (OROS MPH at 6 weeks)
MRS ratios: Mean ± SD Statistics: t statistic; Cohen's d; P‐value
Glutamate/Ino (Glu/Ino) 1.56 ± 0.34 1.79 ± 0.42 1.50 ± 0.45 d= 0.60 d= 0.45
t (20)= 1.44 t (9)= 1.43
P= 0.17 P= 0.19
Glutamine/Ino (Gln/Ino) 1.02 ± 0.60 1.30 ± 0.61 1.08 ± 0.43 d= 0.45 d= 0.31
t (20)= 1.05 t (9)= 0.97
P= 0.31 P= 0.36
Glx/Inoa 2.59 ± 0.87 3.09 ± 0.80 2.58 ± 0.73 d= 0.59 d= 0.54
t (20)= 1.40 t (9)= 1.71
P= 0.18 P= 0.12

aGlx, combined Glutamate & Glutamine.