Longitudinal PET imaging in a patient with schizophrenia did not show marked changes in dopaminergic function with relapse of psychosis

Am J Psychiatry. 2008 Dec;165(12):1613-4. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2008.08071109.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Brain / diagnostic imaging*
  • Brain / metabolism*
  • Dopamine / metabolism*
  • Dopamine / physiology
  • Female
  • Hallucinations / complications
  • Humans
  • Longitudinal Studies
  • Middle Aged
  • Positron-Emission Tomography*
  • Psychotic Disorders / complications*
  • Psychotic Disorders / diagnosis*
  • Recurrence
  • Schizophrenia, Paranoid / diagnostic imaging*
  • Schizophrenia, Paranoid / physiopathology*
  • Substance-Related Disorders / complications

Substances

  • Dopamine