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J T Kuikka1, L Tammela, K A Bergström, L Karhunen, M Uusitupa, J Tiihonen.
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The effect of ageing on brain serotonin transporters was evaluated in 19 healthy female volunteers (age range 22-74 years) using single-photon emission tomography and [123I]nor-beta-CIT. The study subjects were scanned 0.3, 3, 6 and 23 h after injection of 185 MBq of [123I]nor-beta-CIT. The ratio of the distribution volume for tracer in the midbrain to that in the cerebellum minus 1 was used as an index for serotonin transporter binding. An age-related decline of 2% per decade (r=-0.47; P<0.05) was found in the midbrain. The decline in [123I]nor-beta-CIT binding in the serotonin transporter-rich area is much less than that in dopamine transporters in the striatum (6% per decade).Entities:
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Year: 2001 PMID: 11504089 DOI: 10.1007/s002590100540
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Eur J Nucl Med ISSN: 0340-6997