β-CIT SPECT demonstrates reduced availability of serotonin transporters in patients with Fatal Familial Insomnia

Journal of Neural Transmission

Volumn 109, Issue 7-8, 2002, Pages 1105-1110

  Kloppel S ^a   Pirker, W ^b   Brucke T ^b   Kovacs G G ^a   Almer, G ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

FFI; Serotonin; Sleep wake regulation

Indexed keywords

3BETA (4 IODOPHENYL) 2BETA TROPANECARBOXYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATAL FAMILIAL INSOMNIA; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIGAND BINDING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONIN BRAIN LEVEL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; THALAMUS;

ADULT; CARRIER PROTEINS; CEREBELLUM; COCAINE; CORPUS STRIATUM; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PRION DISEASES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REFERENCE VALUES; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; THALAMUS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0036315938     PISSN: 03009564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007020200093     Document Type: Article

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