Further Evidence of Dopamine Transporter Dysregulation in ADHD: A Controlled PET Imaging Study Using Altropane

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1059-1061

  Spencer, Thomas J ^a   Biederman, Joseph ^a   Madras, Bertha K ^a   Dougherty, Darin D ^a   Bonab, Ali A ^c   Livni, Elijahu ^a   Meltzer, Peter C ^b   Martin, Jessica ^a   Rauch, Scott ^a   Fischman, Alan J ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b ORGANIX INC   (United States)

^c Massachusetts General Hospital ^*

Author keywords

ADHD; dopamine; dopamine transporter (DAT); imaging; PET

Indexed keywords

ALTROPANE; ALTROPANE C 11; CARBON 11; DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER; RADIOLIGAND; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COCAINE; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 35248894014     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2006.12.008     Document Type: Article

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