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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biol Psychiatry Cogn Neurosci Neuroimaging. 2017 Apr 6;2(5):449–456. doi: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2017.03.019

Table 2.

Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 5 (mGluR5) Availability and Anterior Cingulate Glutamate Level

ROI HC Mean (N=35) HC SEM MDD Mean (N=30) MDD SEM t p FDRa
mGluR5 VT
Amygdala 25.74 0.96 26.43 1.19 −0.45 0.65 0.74
Anterior Insula 30.24 1.00 31.74 1.37 −0.90 0.37 0.59
Caudate 25.40 1.12 26.62 1.35 −0.71 0.48 0.68
Ant Cingulate 29.33 1.00 31.23 1.29 −1.18 0.24 0.52
Post Cingulate 19.87 0.76 20.01 0.92 −0.12 0.90 0.92
Frontal Cortex 23.49 0.84 25.63 1.09 −1.57 0.12 0.46
Hippocampus 22.76 0.95 23.39 1.06 −0.44 0.66 0.74
Occipital Cortex 24.01 0.84 25.79 1.08 −1.32 0.19 0.51
Parietal Cortex 23.97 0.84 26.30 1.12 −1.68 0.10 0.46
Posterior Insula 27.54 0.98 29.17 1.29 −1.02 0.31 0.56
Putamen 27.32 0.96 29.40 1.21 −1.36 0.18 0.51
Temporal Cortex 27.18 0.95 28.96 1.22 −1.16 0.25 0.52
Thalamus 18.87 0.72 19.49 0.95 −0.53 0.60 0.74
Cerebellum 10.50 0.38 11.54 0.49 −1.70 0.10 0.46
mGluR5 DVR
Amygdala 2.48 0.06 2.31 0.07 1.79 0.08 0.46
Anterior Insula 2.91 0.06 2.78 0.07 1.41 0.16 0.51
Caudate 2.44 0.08 2.32 0.07 1.18 0.24 0.52
Ant Cingulate 2.82 0.06 2.74 0.07 0.87 0.39 0.59
Post Cingulate 1.93 0.07 1.77 0.07 1.62 0.11 0.46
Frontal Cortex 2.25 0.05 2.24 0.05 0.14 0.89 0.92
Hippocampus 2.18 0.06 2.05 0.06 1.58 0.12 0.46
Occipital Cortex 2.31 0.05 2.26 0.05 0.67 0.50 0.68
Parietal Cortex 2.30 0.05 2.30 0.05 0.10 0.92 0.92
Posterior Insula 2.65 0.06 2.56 0.07 1.01 0.31 0.56
Putamen 2.63 0.06 2.58 0.06 0.63 0.53 0.68
Temporal Cortex 2.61 0.05 2.54 0.06 0.95 0.35 0.59
Thalamus 1.81 0.05 1.70 0.05 1.56 0.12 0.46
ACC Metabolites (N=23) (N=16)
Glutamate 0.59 0.04 0.78 0.07 −2.28 0.03 0.03
Glutamine 0.27 0.03 0.46 0.07 −2.50 0.02 0.03
Glx 0.87 0.06 1.24 0.11 −3.12 0.003 0.009

Notes:

a

False Discover Rate (FDR) corrected p values;

Abbreviations: VT, volume of distribution; DVR, distribution volume ratio; MDD, major depressive disorder; HC, healthy control; ACC, anterior cingulate cortex