Alterations in brain serotonin synthesis in male alcoholics measured using positron emission tomography

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 233-239

  Nishikawa, Masami ^a,c   Diksic, Mirko ^a   Sakai, Yojiro ^a,c   Kumano, Hiroaki ^c   Charney, Dara ^b   Palacios Boix, Jorge ^b   Negrete, Juan ^b   Gill, Kathryn ^b,d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Methyl L tryptophan; 5HT; Alcoholism; PET; Positron emission tomography; Serotonin; Serotonin synthesis

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN; TRACER;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MALE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; ORBITAL CORTEX; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SEROTONIN BRAIN LEVEL; SYNTHESIS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 58849154216     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2008.00820.x     Document Type: Article

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