a Psychiatric Department, University of Jena, Philosophenweg 3, Jena, D-07740 Jena, Germany
b Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University of Jena, Philosophenweg 3, Jena, D-07740 Jena, Germany
Abstract:
In the present investigation on 31P-magneto-resonance spectroscopic parameters in the frontal lobe, we found phosphocreatine levels and the ratio phosphocreatine/adenosine triphosphate to be increased (12.62±1.98% resp. 0.31±0.06) in 50 neuroleptic-treated schizophrenics, whereas no differences were detected in 10 neuroleptic-free patients (11.66±2.57% resp. 0.29±0.08) compared to 36 controls (11.37±1.45 resp. 0.29±0.04). This result points to a major role of neuroleptics in the metabolism of high-energy phosphates.