Evaluation of gender difference in regional brain metabolic responses to lorazepam

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 37-46

  Wang, Gene Jack ^a,b   Volkow, Nora D ^a,b   Fowler, Joanna S ^a   Hitzemann, Robert J ^b,c   Pappas, Naomi R ^a   Netusil, Noelwah ^a  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral glucose metabolism; Gender; Lorazepam; Pharmacological challenge

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; LORAZEPAM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; BRAIN METABOLISM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; COGNITION; FEMALE; FLUORINE RADIOISOTOPES; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; GLUCOSE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; LORAZEPAM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEX FACTORS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0032502596     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4927(98)00002-X     Document Type: Article

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