| Literature DB >> 21050726 |
Kelly P Cosgrove1, Karen Tellez-Jacques, Brian Pittman, Ismene Petrakis, Ronald M Baldwin, Gilles Tamagnan, John Seibyl, Thomas Kosten, Julie K Staley.
Abstract
Dopamine (DA) and serotonin (5-HT) transporter availability in heroin users and healthy controls was measured using [¹²³I]β-CIT and SPECT imaging. Heroin users had statistically similar striatal DA and brainstem and diencephalon 5-HT transporter availability compared with controls. No associations between transporter availability and heroin use characteristics were found.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 21050726 PMCID: PMC3011945 DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2010.08.001
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Psychiatry Res ISSN: 0165-1781 Impact factor: 3.222