| Literature DB >> 8369643 |
C N Karson1, J E Newton, R Livingston, J B Jolly, T B Cooper, J Sprigg, R A Komoroski.
Abstract
Data on 22 subjects treated with fluoxetine suggest that magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) of fluorine-19 can measure brain concentrations of fluoxetine/norfluoxetine in vivo. Fluoxetine accumulates in the human brain relative to plasma, with brain concentrations of fluoxetine/norfluoxetine ranging up to 10.7 micrograms/ml. Brain concentrations may reach a plateau between 6 and 8 months of treatment. The apparent concentration in brain relative to plasma is 20:1, roughly parallel to brain antidepressant concentration ratios in animal studies.Entities:
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Year: 1993 PMID: 8369643 DOI: 10.1176/jnp.5.3.322
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci ISSN: 0895-0172 Impact factor: 2.198