Availability of the serotonin transporter in patients with alcohol dependence

World Journal of Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 134-142

  Ho, Pei Shen ^a,b   Shih, Mei Chen ^a   Ma, Kuo Hsing ^c   Huang, Wen Sheng ^a   Ho, Kellen Kai Jen ^b   Yen, Che Hung ^a   Lu, Ru Band ^d   Huang, San Yuan ^a  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b Beitou Armed Forces Hospital   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

123 I ADAM; 5 HTTLPR; Alcoholism; Serotonin transporter; SPECT

Indexed keywords

IODINE 123; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; RADIOACTIVE IODINE; SLC6A4 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ALLELE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DEPRESSION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NEUROIMAGING; PROMOTER REGION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THALAMUS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; IMAGE PROCESSING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; SCINTISCANNING;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 79953109864     PISSN: 15622975     EISSN: 18141412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15622975.2010.503813     Document Type: Article

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