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Evidence of Altered Monoamine Oxidase B, an Astroglia Marker, in Early Psychosis with Cannabis Use
2024-03-15
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<title>Abstract</title> <p>A novel radiotracer, [<sup>11</sup>C]SL25.1188 targets monoamine oxidase-B (MAO-B) enzyme, which metabolizes monoamines (including dopamine) primarily found in astrocytes. Altered astrocyte function in schizophrenia is supported by convergent evidence from post-mortem, genetic, transcriptomic, peripheral and preclinical findings. However, this has never been tested in living brains of e...
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- 5c57edd1-15af-5981-b13f-b71ffe788f87
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- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-4058038/v1
