SPECT imaging of serotonin transporter binding in patients with generalized anxiety disorder

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 254, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 392-396

  Maron, Eduard ^a   Kuikka, Jyrki T ^b   Ulst, Kai ^a   Tiihonen, Jari ^c   Vasar, Veiko ^a   Shlik, Jakov ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Generalized anxiety disorder; Nor CIT; Serotonin transporter; SPECT

Indexed keywords

2 BETA CARBOMETHOXY 3BETA (4 IODOPHENYL)NORTROPANE I 123; RADIOLIGAND; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BINDING KINETICS; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THALAMUS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COCAINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MESENCEPHALON; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; THALAMUS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 13244265458     PISSN: 09401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00406-004-0520-3     Document Type: Article

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