Decrease in benzodiazepine receptor binding in the brains of adult patients with Rett syndrome

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 146-150

  Yamashita, Yushiro ^a,b   Matsuishi, Toyojiro ^a   Ishibashi, Masatoshi ^a   Kimura, Akihiko ^c   Onishi, Yoshihiro ^d   Yonekura, Yoshiharu ^e   Kato, Hirohisa ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Yuukari Inst for the Handicapped   (Japan)

^c Ashikita Institution for Developmental Disabilities   (Japan)

^d Nihon Medi Physics   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adult; Benzodiazepine receptor; Iodine 123 iomazenil; Rett syndrome; Single photon emission computed tomography

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR; IODINE 123; IOMAZENIL;

ADULT; APRAXIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; RETT SYNDROME; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FLUMAZENIL; HUMANS; MALE; RADIOLIGAND ASSAY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RETT SYNDROME; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0032485037     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(97)00223-2     Document Type: Article

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