Cerebral serotonin transporter asymmetry in females, males and male-to-female transsexuals measured by PET in vivo

Brain Structure and Function

Volumn 219, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 171-183

  Kranz, Georg S ^a   Hahn, Andreas ^a   Baldinger, Pia ^a   Haeusler, Daniela ^a   Philippe, Cecile ^a   Kaufmann, Ulrike ^a   Wadsak, Wolfgang ^a   Savli, Markus ^a   Hoeflich, Anna ^a   Kraus, Christoph ^a   Vanicek, Thomas ^a   Mitterhauser, Markus ^a   Kasper, Siegfried ^a   Lanzenberger, Rupert ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cerebral asymmetry; Gender dysphoria; Lateralization; Serotonin transporter; Transsexual

Indexed keywords

DASB C 11; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN CORTEX; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MALE TO FEMALE TRANSSEXUAL; MIDCINGULATE CORTEX; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROIMAGING; PET SCANNER; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METABOLISM; SEROTONIN BRAIN LEVEL; SEROTONIN UPTAKE; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; THALAMUS; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 84892371640     PISSN: 18632653     EISSN: 18632661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-012-0492-4     Document Type: Article

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