Size of basal ganglia in suicide attempters, and its association with temperament and serotonin transporter density.

Autor: Vang FJ; Psychiatry, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund University, SE-221 85 Lund, Sweden. fredrik.vang@med.lu.se, Ryding E, Träskman-Bendz L, van Westen D, Lindström MB
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Psychiatry research [Psychiatry Res] 2010 Aug 30; Vol. 183 (2), pp. 177-9. Date of Electronic Publication: 2010 Jul 13.
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2010.05.007
Abstrakt: Magnetic resonance imaging was used to compare subcortical volumes of seven suicide attempters with those of six healthy controls. Suicide attempters had 10% smaller right caudate nucleus and 19% bilaterally smaller globus pallidus. In suicide attempters, volumes of the globus pallidus correlated negatively with previously reported measures of solidity (non-impulsive temperament) and serotonin transporter binding potential.
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Databáze: MEDLINE