Gender and age influences on human brain mu-opioid receptor binding measured by PET

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 156, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 842-848

  Zubieta, Jon Kar ^b   Dannals, Robert F ^b   Frost, J James ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN RECEPTOR; CARBON 11; CARFENTANIL; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NORMAL HUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; RECEPTOR BINDING; THALAMUS;

EID: 0033012262     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.156.6.842     Document Type: Article

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