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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
17
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-11-30
pubmed:abstractText
To assess the involvement of serotonin in the symptoms of chronic fatigue syndrome, we investigated the serotonergic neurotransmitter system of chronic fatigue syndrome patients by the positron emission tomography (PET). Here we show that the density of serotonin transporters (5-HTTs) in the brain, as determined by using a radiotracer, [C](+)McN5652, was significantly reduced in the rostral subdivision of the anterior cingulate as compared with that in normal volunteers. This subdivision is different from that in the dorsal anterior cingulate in which binding potential values of individual patient showed a weak negative correlation with self-reported pain score of the patients. Therefore, an alteration of serotonergic system in the rostral anterior cingulate plays a key role in pathophysiology of chronic fatigue syndrome.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0959-4965
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
3
pubmed:volume
15
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2571-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15570154-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:15570154-Brain Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:15570154-Carbon Isotopes, pubmed-meshheading:15570154-Case-Control Studies, pubmed-meshheading:15570154-Fatigue Syndrome, Chronic, pubmed-meshheading:15570154-Female, pubmed-meshheading:15570154-Gyrus Cinguli, pubmed-meshheading:15570154-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:15570154-Isoquinolines, pubmed-meshheading:15570154-Magnetic Resonance Imaging, pubmed-meshheading:15570154-Male, pubmed-meshheading:15570154-Membrane Glycoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:15570154-Membrane Transport Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15570154-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:15570154-Nerve Tissue Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15570154-Pain Measurement, pubmed-meshheading:15570154-Positron-Emission Tomography, pubmed-meshheading:15570154-Serotonin Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Reduction of serotonin transporters of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Physiology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-4-3 Asahimachi, Abeno-ku, Osaka 545-8585, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study