No seasonal variation in human midbrain serotonin transporter availability in Taiwan

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 194, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 396-399

  Cheng, Yu Shian ^a   Chen, Kao Chin ^a,b   Yang, Yen Kuang ^a,b   Chen, Po See ^a,b   Yeh, Tzung Lieh ^a,b   Lee, I Hui ^a,b   Chang, Yun Hsuan ^b   Liao, Mei Hsiu ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY RESEARCH   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Serotonin transporter; Subtropical area; Sunlight exposure

Indexed keywords

IODINE 123; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SUN EXPOSURE; TAIWAN; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

ADULT; CINANSERIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; SEASONS; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; TAIWAN; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82455187912     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: 18727506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2011.04.005     Document Type: Article

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