Comparison of cortical 5-HT2A receptor binding in bulimia nervosa patients and healthy volunteers

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 161, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1916-1918

  Goethals, Ingeborg ^a   Vervaet, Myriam ^a   Audenaert, Kurt ^a   Van De Wiele, Christophe ^a   Ham, Hamphrey ^a   Vandecapelle, Marleen ^a   Slegers, Guido ^a   Dierckx, Rudi ^a   Van Heeringen, Cees ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIOACTIVE IODINE; SEROTONIN 2A RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BRAIN REGION; BULIMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MALE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 4744346707     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.161.10.1916     Document Type: Article

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