Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 154, Issue 2 , Pages 115-124 , 28 February 2007

Dopaminergic function in depressed patients with affective flattening or with impulsivity: [18F]Fluoro-l-dopa positron emission tomography study with voxel-based analysis

  • Véronique Bragulat

      Affiliations

    • Inserm, U.797, Research Unit "Neuroimaging and Psychiatry", IFR49, Orsay, France
    • CEA, "Neuroimaging and Psychiatry" Unit, Hospital Department Frédéric Joliot and Neurospin, I2BM, Orsay, France
    • University Paris-Sud 11, France
    • University Paris 5 Rene Descartes, France
    • ,
  • Marie-Laure Paillère-Martinot

      Affiliations

    • Inserm, U.797, Research Unit "Neuroimaging and Psychiatry", IFR49, Orsay, France
    • CEA, "Neuroimaging and Psychiatry" Unit, Hospital Department Frédéric Joliot and Neurospin, I2BM, Orsay, France
    • University Paris-Sud 11, France
    • University Paris 5 Rene Descartes, France
    • Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Department of Adolescent Medicine, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Service de Médecine de l'Adolescent, Hôpital Cochin, Maison de Solenn, 97 Boulevard de Port-Royal, 75014 Paris, France.
    • ,
  • Eric Artiges

      Affiliations

    • Inserm, U.797, Research Unit "Neuroimaging and Psychiatry", IFR49, Orsay, France
    • CEA, "Neuroimaging and Psychiatry" Unit, Hospital Department Frédéric Joliot and Neurospin, I2BM, Orsay, France
    • University Paris-Sud 11, France
    • University Paris 5 Rene Descartes, France
    • ,
  • Vincent Frouin

      Affiliations

    • CEA, "Neuroimaging and Psychiatry" Unit, Hospital Department Frédéric Joliot and Neurospin, I2BM, Orsay, France
    • ,
  • Jean-Baptiste Poline

      Affiliations

    • Inserm, U.797, Research Unit "Neuroimaging and Psychiatry", IFR49, Orsay, France
    • CEA, "Neuroimaging and Psychiatry" Unit, Hospital Department Frédéric Joliot and Neurospin, I2BM, Orsay, France
    • University Paris-Sud 11, France
    • University Paris 5 Rene Descartes, France
    • ,
  • Jean-Luc Martinot

      Affiliations

    • Inserm, U.797, Research Unit "Neuroimaging and Psychiatry", IFR49, Orsay, France
    • CEA, "Neuroimaging and Psychiatry" Unit, Hospital Department Frédéric Joliot and Neurospin, I2BM, Orsay, France
    • University Paris-Sud 11, France
    • University Paris 5 Rene Descartes, France

Received 17 June 2004 ,Revised 25 April 2005 ,Accepted 8 July 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2006.07.002

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 154, Issue 2 , Pages 115-124 , 28 February 2007

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