1998
Reduced brain serotonin transporter availability in major depression as measured by [123I]-2β-carbomethoxy-3β-(4-iodophenyl)tropane and single photon emission computed tomography
Malison R, Price L, Berman R, van Dyck C, Pelton G, Carpenter L, Sanacora G, Owens M, Nemeroff C, Rajeevan N, Baldwin R, Seibyl J, Innis R, Charney D. Reduced brain serotonin transporter availability in major depression as measured by [123I]-2β-carbomethoxy-3β-(4-iodophenyl)tropane and single photon emission computed tomography. Biological Psychiatry 1998, 44: 1090-1098. PMID: 9836013, DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3223(98)00272-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAntidepressive AgentsBrainBrain StemCarrier ProteinsCocaineDepressive DisorderFemaleHumansMaleMembrane GlycoproteinsMembrane Transport ProteinsMiddle AgedNerve Tissue ProteinsParoxetinePsychiatric Status Rating ScalesSerotoninSerotonin Plasma Membrane Transport ProteinsTomography, Emission-Computed, Single-PhotonConceptsDepressed patientsMajor depressionHealthy subjectsBrain serotonin transporter availabilitySerotonin transporterBeta-CIT SPECTDensity of brainPost-mortem brain tissuePathophysiology of depressionSerotonin transporter availabilityUnipolar major depressionBeta-CIT bindingSingle photon emissionSerotonergic neuronsBrain uptakeSERT availabilityTransporter availabilityBeta-CITBrain tissueCarbomethoxy-3βPatientsBlood plateletsDepressionPhoton emissionSignificant reduction
1997
The acetylcholine releaser linopirdine increases parietal regional cerebral blood flow in Alzheimer’s disease
van Dyck C, Lin C, Robinson R, Cellar J, Smith E, Nelson J, Arnsten A, Hoffer P. The acetylcholine releaser linopirdine increases parietal regional cerebral blood flow in Alzheimer’s disease. Psychopharmacology 1997, 132: 217-226. PMID: 9292621, DOI: 10.1007/s002130050339.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRegional cerebral blood flowParietal regional cerebral blood flowCerebral blood flowAlzheimer's diseaseAD patientsBlood flowDouble-blind trialWeeks of treatmentAD drug therapyProbable Alzheimer's diseaseParietal association cortexSingle photon emissionPlacebo TIDRCBF abnormalitiesCholinergic drugsDrug therapyHealthy controlsRCBF ratiosPharmacological interventionsHealthy subjectsAssociation cortexPatientsLinopirdineBrain regionsNeuropsychological function