Diminished brain 5-HT transporter binding in major depression: A positron emission tomography study with [11C]DASB

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 213, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 555-562

  Selvaraj, Sudhakar ^a,b   Venkatesha Murthy, Naga ^c   Bhagwagar, Zubin ^d   Bose, Subrata K ^b   Hinz, Rainer ^e   Grasby, Paul M ^b   Cowen, Philip J ^a  

^a WARNEFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

11C DASB; Depression; Mood disorder; PET; Serotonin; Serotonin transporter

Indexed keywords

3 AMINO 4 (2 DIMETHYLAMINOMETHYLPHENYLSULFANYL)BENZONITRILE C 11; RADIOLIGAND; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PUTAMEN; THALAMUS;

ADULT; ANILINE COMPOUNDS; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; SULFIDES;

EID: 79952477472     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-009-1660-y     Document Type: Article

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