Relation between dopamine synthesis capacity and cell-level structure in human striatum: a multi-modal study with positron emission tomography and diffusion tensor imaging.

Positron emission tomography (PET) study has shown that dopamine synthesis capacity varied among healthy individuals. This interindividual difference might be due to a difference in the cell-level structure of presynaptic dopaminergic neurons, i.e., cellular density and/or number. In this study, the...

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Main Authors: Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Takayuki Obata, Harumasa Takano, Tsuyoshi Nogami, Tetsuya Suhara, Hiroshi Ito
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3909269?pdf=render