Availability of brain serotonin transporters (5-HTT) is associated with low positive mood in healthy elderly subjects

International Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 533-539

  Pae, Chi Un ^a,b   Jhoo, Jin Hyeong ^c   Yoon, In Young ^d,e   Kim, Yu Kyeong ^d   Chung, Seockhoon ^d   Lee, Jung Jae ^f   Park, Joon Hyuck ^g   Han, Ji Won ^d   Kim, Tae Hui ^d   Kim, Sang Eun ^d   Kim, Ki Woong ^d,e  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Kangwon National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^e Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^f Kyungpook National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^g Jeju National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Correlation; Depressive symptoms; Healthy elderly subjects; Serotonin transporter; SPECT

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; MALE; MOOD CHANGE; SEROTONIN BRAIN LEVEL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; COCAINE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; PONS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RAPHE NUCLEI; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 84864574166     PISSN: 09461965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/CP201710     Document Type: Article

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