Serotonin transporter characteristics in lymphocytes and platelets of male aggressive schizophrenia patients compared to non-aggressive schizophrenia patients

European Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 572-579

  Barkan, Tal ^a   Peled, Avi ^b,c   Modai, Ilan ^b,c   Barak, Peretz ^b   Weizman, Abraham ^a   Rehavi, Moshe ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b SHA'AR MENASHE MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aggression; Lymphocytes; Platelets; Schizophrenia; Serotonin; Serotonin transporter

Indexed keywords

CITALOPRAM; SEROTONIN ANTAGONIST; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THROMBOCYTE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; BLOOD PLATELETS; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; TRITIUM;

EID: 33750804719     PISSN: 0924977X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2006.03.001     Document Type: Article

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