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Abstract #3786

Sleep and Wakefulness Affect GABA Levels in the Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex

Luke Y.-J. Wang 1,2 , Sai K. Merugumala 2 , Huijun Liao 2 , and Alexander P. Lin 2

1 Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States, 2 Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States

Sleep and wakefulness are a complex yet distinct physiological states. However, they are not generally controlled for during brain spectroscopy. We report higher detected levels of GABA during sleep, compared to a controlled wakeful state.

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