The association between availability of serotonin transporters and time to relapse in heroin users - A two-isotope SPECT small sample pilot study

European Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 647-650

  Lin, Shih Hsien ^a,b   Chen, Kao Chin ^a,b   Lee, Sheng Yu ^a,b   Yao, Wei Jen ^c   Chiu, Nan Tsing ^c   Lee, I Hui ^a,b   Chen, Po See ^a,b   Yeh, Tzung Lieh ^a,b   Liao, Mei Hsiu ^d   Lu, Ru Band ^a,b,c   Yang, Yen Kuang ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY RESEARCH   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dopamine transporter; Heroin; Relapse; Serotonin transporter

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE; DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; SEROTONINERGIC TRANSMISSION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TIME;

ADULT; CINANSERIN; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; PILOT PROJECTS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RECURRENCE; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TROPANES;

EID: 84864994670     PISSN: 0924977X     EISSN: 18737862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2012.01.002     Document Type: Article

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