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Novel Phenotypes Detectable with PET in Mood Disorders: Elevated Monoamine Oxidase A and Translocator Protein Level.
PET clinics - 1 Jul 2017
Meyer Jeffrey
Abstract excerpt
As a result of high prevalence and high rates of treatment resistance, major depressive disorder has become the leading cause of death and disability in moderate-income to high-income nations. Poor targeting of phenotypes is a plausible reason for treatment resistance and PET imaging offers a unique role to identify phenotypes. Both increased monoamine oxidase A binding and greater translocator protein 18 kDa...
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