The brain GABA-benzodiazepine receptor alpha-5 subtype in autism spectrum disorder: A pilot [11C]Ro15-4513 positron emission tomography study

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 68, Issue , 2013, Pages 195-201

  Mendez, Maria Andreina ^a,b   Horder, Jamie ^a   Myers, Jim ^c   Coghlan, Suzanne ^a   Stokes, Paul ^b   Erritzoe, David ^b   Howes, Oliver ^d   Lingford Hughes, Anne ^b   Murphy, Declan ^a   Nutt, David ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d MRC CLINICAL SCIENCES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

5 selective; 11C Ro15 4513; Autism; GABA; GABAA receptor; Positron Emission Tomography

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA1; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA5; 8 AZIDO 5,6 DIHYDRO 5 METHYL 6 OXO 4H IMIDAZO[1,5 A][1,4]BENZODIAZEPINE 3 CARBOXYLIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; CARBON 11;

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PILOT STUDY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; HUMANS; MALE; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A;

EID: 84875213097     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: 18737064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2012.04.008     Document Type: Article

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