Positron emission tomography of regional brain metabolic responses to a serotonergic challenge and lethality of suicide attempts in major depression

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 14-22

  Oquendo, Maria A ^a   Placidi, Giovanni P A ^a   Malone, Kevin M ^a   Campbell, Carl ^a   Keilp, John ^a   Brodsky, Beth ^a   Kegeles, Lawrence S ^a   Cooper, Thomas B ^a   Parsey, Ramin V ^a   Van Heertum, Ronald L ^a   Mann, J John ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FENFLURAMINE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; PLACEBO;

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BRAIN METABOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MAJOR DEPRESSION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PARAMETRIC TEST; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

EID: 0037227227     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.60.1.14     Document Type: Article

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