Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 154, Issue 3 , Pages 281-284 , 15 April 2007

Association between serotonin transporter availability and hostility scores in healthy volunteers—A single photon emission computed tomography study with [123I] ADAM

  • Yen Kuang Yang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, 138 Sheng Li Road, Tainan 70403, Taiwan
    • Department of Psychiatry, National Cheng Kung University, Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +886 6 2353535x5213; fax: +886 6 2759259.
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  • Wei Jen Yao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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  • Tzung Lieh Yeh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, 138 Sheng Li Road, Tainan 70403, Taiwan
    • Department of Psychiatry, National Cheng Kung University, Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
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  • I Hui Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, 138 Sheng Li Road, Tainan 70403, Taiwan
    • Department of Psychiatry, National Cheng Kung University, Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
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  • Kao Ching Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, 138 Sheng Li Road, Tainan 70403, Taiwan
    • Department of Psychiatry, National Cheng Kung University, Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Ru Band Lu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, 138 Sheng Li Road, Tainan 70403, Taiwan
    • Department of Psychiatry, National Cheng Kung University, Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
    • Institute of Behavior Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Received 3 March 2006 ,Revised 11 August 2006 ,Accepted 26 November 2006.

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PII: S0925-4927(06)00204-6

doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2006.11.010

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 154, Issue 3 , Pages 281-284 , 15 April 2007

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