Alteration of Plasma Glutamate and Glutamine Levels in Children with High-Functioning Autism

Chie Shimmura; Shiro Suda; Kenji J. Tsuchiya; Kenji Hashimoto; Koji Ohno; Hideo Matsuzaki; Keiko Iwata; Kaori Matsumoto; Tomoyasu Wakuda; Yosuke Kameno; Katsuaki Suzuki; Masatsugu Tsujii; Kazuhiko Nakamura; Nori Takei; Norio Mori

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0025340

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Alteration of Plasma Glutamate and Glutamine Levels in Children with High-Functioning Autism

Chie Shimmura,

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry and Neurology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
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Shiro Suda ,

* E-mail: sudash@jichi.ac.jp

Affiliation Research Center for Child Mental Development, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
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Kenji J. Tsuchiya,

Affiliation Research Center for Child Mental Development, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
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Kenji Hashimoto,

Affiliation Center of Forensic Mental Health, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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Koji Ohno,

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
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Hideo Matsuzaki,

Affiliation Research Center for Child Mental Development, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
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Keiko Iwata,

Affiliation Research Center for Child Mental Development, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
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Kaori Matsumoto,

Affiliation Research Center for Child Mental Development, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
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Tomoyasu Wakuda,

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry and Neurology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
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Yosuke Kameno,

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry and Neurology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
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Katsuaki Suzuki,

Affiliation Research Center for Child Mental Development, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
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Masatsugu Tsujii,

Affiliations Research Center for Child Mental Development, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan, Faculty of Sociology, Chukyo University, Nagoya, Japan
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Kazuhiko Nakamura,

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry and Neurology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
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Nori Takei,

Affiliations Research Center for Child Mental Development, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan, Division of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, London, United Kingdom
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Norio Mori

Affiliations Department of Psychiatry and Neurology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan, Research Center for Child Mental Development, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
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Alteration of Plasma Glutamate and Glutamine Levels in Children with High-Functioning Autism

Chie Shimmura,
Shiro Suda,
Kenji J. Tsuchiya,
Kenji Hashimoto,
Koji Ohno,
Hideo Matsuzaki,
Keiko Iwata,
Kaori Matsumoto,
Tomoyasu Wakuda,
Yosuke Kameno

Published: October 5, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0025340

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