Figure 1.
Temporal course of CMD-tryptophan (A), CMD-phenylalanine (B) and CMD-tyrosine (C); patients with a medical history of depression showed significantly lower levels of all 3 amino-acids compared to patients without depression. Patients with antidepressant intake 12 months after subarachnoid hemorrhage showed significantly lower levels of CMD-tryptophan compared to patients without. Statistical analysis was performed using a linear model in generalized estimating equations with amino-acid levels as dependent and depression groups as independent variable. All analyses were adjusted for Hunt & Hess-grade, age, modified-Fisher Score and probe location. DEPno = patients with neither a medical history of depression nor antidepressant medication use 12 months after the subarachnoid hemorrhage; DEPprior+ = patients with a medical history of depression; DEPpost+ = patients with no medical history of depression but with anti-depressant medication use 12 months after the subarachnoid hemorrhage; CMD = cerebral microdialysis; SAH = subarachnoid hemorrhage.