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Lesions of Acetylcholine Neurons in Refractory Epilepsy

Table 4

Summary of the data in the analysis of the cerebrospinal fluid.
  Acetylcholine
Aspartate
Glutamate
Glycine
GABA
MHPG
HVA
5-HIAA
 Age(fmol)(pmol)(pmol)(pmol)(pg/μL)(pg/μL)(pg/μL)(pg/μL)
Controls ( 𝑛 = 5 )
0–6 m
1.8 (1.2)
305 (179)
94 (39)
477 (214)
44 (13)
46 (33)
204 (133)
912 (520)
West syndrome ( 𝑛 = 3 )
5–8 m
5.8 (4.3)
81 (25)
37 (7)
137 (49)
22 (7)
77 (24)
203 (64)
698 (225)
CwG ( 𝑛 = 5 )
8 m–2 y
231 (199)
223 (108)
116 (50)
408 (105)
70 (27)
43 (12)
86 (21)
36 (13)
Kruskal-Wallis  𝑃 < 0 . 0 1
   𝑃 < 0 . 0 5
𝑃 < 0 . 0 5
   𝑃 < 0 . 0 1
All results are presented as the mean (SD). m: months; y: years; MHPG: 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenylethylglycol; HVA: homovanillic acid; 5-HIAA: 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid; CwG: benign convulsions associated with mild gastroenteritis.