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Table 1 Basis set compositions

From: The impact of spectral basis set composition on estimated levels of cingulate glutamate and its associations with different personality traits

Basis set

Number metabs

Metabolites used for fitting

Description/Findings

Rowland et al. [48]

16

Ala, Asp, Cr, GABA, Glc, Glu, Gln, GSH, GPC, Lac, mI, NAA, NAAG, PCh, sI, Tau

Changes in glutamatergic and GABAergic function in relation to the progression of schizophrenia and the manifestation of cognitive and negative symptoms in individuals with schizophrenia

LCModel manual [50]

17

Ala, Asp, Cr, GABA, Glc, Glu, Gln, GSH, GPC, Lac, mI, NAA, NAAG, PCh, PCr, sI, Tau

Standard toolbox for 1H-MRS analyses; provides a recommendation for a basis set

Maddock et al. [49]

15

Asp, Cr, GABA, Glc, Glu, Gln, GSH, GPC, mI, NAA, NAAG, PCr, PCh, sI, and Tau

Measured glutamate and GABA simultaneously in first-episode psychosis patients and healthy individuals and achieved comparable results for glutamate for the MEGA-PRESS off-resonance to separately-acquired PRESS spectra

Reid et al. [13]

19

Ala, Asc, Asp, Cr, GABA, Glc, Glu, Gln, GSH, GPC, Lac, mI, NAA, NAAG, PCr, PCh, PE, sI, Tau

Described lower glutamate levels in the ACC in first-episode schizophrenic patients

Kozhuharova et al. [10]

19

Ala, Asc, Asp, Cr, GABA, Glc, Glu, Gln, Gly, GSH, GPC, Lac, mI, NAA, NAAG, PE, PCh, sI, Tau

Found lower glutamate levels in high schizotypy individuals in the medial prefrontal cortex

  1. Note: Overview of basis set compositions used in our study with information on how many and which metabolites were used in the original source of information and the description or findings of this basis set. Asc, ascorbate; Gly, glycine