Table 1.

Summary of concentrations of alanine, asparagine, glycine, lysine, and proline as reported for TBM in this study, compared to previously reported values for Alzheimer's and schizophrenia (concentrations given as μmol/l).

	Alzheimer's (Fonteh et al., 2007)	Schizophrenia (Do et al., 1995)	This study (TBM)
Alanine		4.04 ± 0.57	77.3 ± 52
Asparagine	1.77 ± 0.16	6.01 ± 0.65	19.9 ± 14
Glycine	0.28 ± 0.12	4.50 ± 0.75	58.2 ± 31.7
Lysine	44.6 ± 10.8		36.5 ± 25.2
Proline	0.68 ± 0.35		24.3 ± 25.8