Kinetic compartment modeling of [11C]-5-hydroxy-L-tryptophan for positron emission tomography assessment of serotonin synthesis in human brain

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1352-1366

  Hagberg, Gisela E ^a   Torstenson, Richard ^a   Marteinsdottir, Ina ^a   Fredrikson, Mats ^a   Långström, Bengt ^a   Blomqvist, Gunnar ^a  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amino acid decarboxylase activity; Kinetic compartment modeling; Positron emission tomography; Serotonin; 11C 5 hydroxy L tryptophan

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; 5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID C 11; 5 HYDROXYTRYPTOPHAN; 5 HYDROXYTRYPTOPHAN C 11; CARBON 11; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN C 11; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN STEM; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CINGULATE GYRUS; COMPARTMENT MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISOTOPE LABELING; MALE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; SEROTONIN METABOLISM; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0036843609     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.WCB.0000040946.89393.9d     Document Type: Article

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