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Concentrations of GABA and Other Amino Acids in CSF from Torsion Dystonia Patients
Author(s) -
Perry Thomas L.,
Hansen Shirley,
Quinn Niall,
Marsden C. David
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
journal of neurochemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.75
H-Index - 229
eISSN - 1471-4159
pISSN - 0022-3042
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-4159.1982.tb11514.x
Subject(s) - dystonia , amino acid , medicine , ornithine , chemistry , endocrinology , biochemistry , biology , neuroscience , arginine
Free amino acid concentrations were measured by conventional amino acid analysis, and γ‐aminobutyric acid (GABA) concentrations were determined, by an ion‐exchange fluorometric technique, in CSF specimens from 16 patients with torsion dystonias and in CSF from a large number of control subjects. The mean CSF GABA concentration of the dystonia patients (97 ± 11 nmol/L) did not differ significantly from the means for CSF GABA in two groups of adult control subjects. Mean concentrations of all commonly determined amino compounds were normal in the CSF of torsion dystonia patients, except for ornithine, which was modestly but significantly reduced.