Imaging the Vesicular Acetylcholine Transporter in Schizophrenia: A Positron Emission Tomography Study Using [18F]-VAT

2024/02/02 by Jodi J. Weinstein, Scott J. Moeller, Greg Perlman +7 · 11 citations
Chemistry · Medicine · Neuroscience · Psychology · #Acetylcholine #Biochemistry #Chemistry #Internal medicine #Medicine #Neurological disorders and treatments #Neuroscience #Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior #Nuclear magnetic resonance #Nuclear medicine #Physics #Positron emission tomography #Psychiatry #Psychology #Schizophrenia (object-oriented programming) #Schizophrenia research and treatment #Transporter #Vesicular acetylcholine transporter

paper · open access · doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2024.01.019

published in Biological Psychiatry 96(5), 352-364 (Elsevier BV)

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