GABA uptake sites in frontal cortex from suicide victims and in aging

Neuropsychobiology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 11-15

  Sundman, Ingrid ^a   Allard, Per ^a   Eriksson, Anders ^b   Marcusson, Jan ^c  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Institute of Forensic Medicine   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aging; Depression; Frontal cortex; GABA; Human brain; Nipecotic acid; Suicide

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; NIPECOTIC ACID;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID UPTAKE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BINDING AFFINITY; CLASSIFICATION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE;

EID: 0031017032     PISSN: 0302282X     EISSN: 14230224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000119324     Document Type: Article

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