Sex-related differences in the muscarinic acetylcholinergic receptor in the healthy human brain - A positron emission tomography study

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 97-101

  Yoshida, Tsuyoshi ^a   Kuwabara, Yasuo ^a   Sasaki, Masayuki ^a   Fukumura, Toshimitsu ^b   Ichimiya, Atsushi ^a   Takita, Masashi ^a   Ogomori, Koji ^a   Ichiya, Yuichi ^c   Masuda, Kouji ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN STEEL WORKS LTD   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL KYUSHU CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

C 11 NMPB; Cerebral muscarinic acetylcholinergic receptor; Normal aging; Positron emission tomography; Sex related differences

Indexed keywords

1 METHYL 4 PIPERIDYL BENZILATE; CARBON 11; GALLIUM 68; GERMANIUM; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEURORADIOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0034111201     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02988587     Document Type: Article

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