Platelet serotonin transporter function predicts default-mode network activity.

The serotonin transporter (5-HTT) is abundantly expressed in humans by the serotonin transporter gene SLC6A4 and removes serotonin (5-HT) from extracellular space. A blood-brain relationship between platelet and synaptosomal 5-HT reuptake has been suggested, but it is unknown today, if platelet 5-HT...

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Main Authors: Christian Scharinger, Ulrich Rabl, Christian H Kasess, Bernhard M Meyer, Tina Hofmaier, Kersten Diers, Lucie Bartova, Gerald Pail, Wolfgang Huf, Zeljko Uzelac, Beate Hartinger, Klaudius Kalcher, Thomas Perkmann, Helmuth Haslacher, Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg, Siegfried Kasper, Michael Freissmuth, Christian Windischberger, Matthäus Willeit, Rupert Lanzenberger, Harald Esterbauer, Burkhard Brocke, Ewald Moser, Harald H Sitte, Lukas Pezawas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3965432?pdf=render