Sex differences in striatal presynaptic dopamine synthesis capacity in healthy subjects

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 759-763

  Laakso, Aki ^c   Vilkman, Harry ^c   Bergman, Jörgen ^a   Haaparanta, Merja ^a   Solin, Olof ^a   Syvälahti, Erkka ^c   Salokangas, Raimo K R ^b   Hietala, Jarmo ^a,b  

^a TURKU PET CENTRE   (Finland)

^b TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Caudate; Fluorodopa; Positron emission tomography; Putamen; Sex; Striatum

Indexed keywords

FLUORODOPA F 18; RADIOISOTOPE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DOPAMINE METABOLISM; DRUG UPTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRIATE CORTEX;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CORPUS STRIATUM; DIHYDROXYPHENYLALANINE; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; SEX FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0036792102     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(02)01369-0     Document Type: Article

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