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Brain Serotonin Transporter Density and Aggression in Abstinent Methamphetamine Abusers

DOI

283

Citations

61

References

2006

Year

Yoshimoto Sekine, Yasuomi Ouchi, Nori Takei, Etsuji Yoshikawa, Kazuhiko Nakamura, Masami Futatsubashi, Hiroyuki Okada, Yoshio Minabe, Katsuaki Suzuki, Yasuhide Iwata,
Archives of General Psychiatry

Abstract

Protracted abuse of methamphetamine may reduce the density of the serotonin transporter in the brain, leading to elevated aggression, even in currently abstinent abusers.

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