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Preferential 5-HT1A autoreceptor occupancy by pindolol is attenuated in depressed patients: effect of treatment or an endophenotype of depression?
Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology - 1 Sept 2004
Rabiner Eugenii A, Bhagwagar Zubin, Gunn Roger N, Cowen Philip J, Grasby Paul M
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Using positron emission tomography and the selective 5-HT1A receptor radioligand [11C]WAY100635, we previously demonstrated a preferential occupancy of 5-HT1A autoreceptors, compared to postsynaptic receptors by pindolol in healthy volunteers. We have speculated that preferential occupancy may be clinically important for the purported actions of pindolol in accelerating the antidepressant effects of selective...
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