High-Dose Testosterone Treatment Increases Serotonin Transporter Binding in Transgender People
Kranz GS, Wadsak W, Kaufmann U, Savli M, Baldinger P, Gryglewski G, Haeusler D, Spies M, Mitterhauser M, Kasper S, Lanzenberger R. High-Dose Testosterone Treatment Increases Serotonin Transporter Binding in Transgender People. Biological Psychiatry 2014, 78: 525-533. PMID: 25497691, PMCID: PMC4585531, DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2014.09.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSerotonin reuptake transporterSERT bindingFemale transsexualsStart of treatmentSteroid hormone treatmentNew treatment modalitiesTreatment of depressionMedian raphe nucleusHormone plasma levelsTreatment-induced increaseMid-cingulate cortexPositron emission tomographyMechanism of actionTreatment startSerotonergic transmissionEstradiol levelsRaphe nucleusEstrogen treatmentReuptake transporterTreatment modalitiesAndrogen treatmentEpidemiologic findingsPlasma levelsSex hormonesSERT expression