Serotonin/serotonergic system alcohol

Tiihonen et al. (1997) examined the serotonergic system with single photon emission computed tomography in 52 subjects (21 impulsive violent offenders, 21 age- and sex-matdied healthy controls, and 10 nonviolent alcoholic controls. The specific binding of iodine-123-P-carbomethoxy-3(4-iodophenyl) tropane to serotonin transporters in the midbrain of violent offenders was lower than that in the healthy control subjects, thought to be... 

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