Brain serotonin and dopamine transporter bindings in adults with high-functioning autism.

K, Nakamura; Y, Sekine; Y, Ouchi; M, Tsujii; E, Yoshikawa; M, Futatsubashi; KJ, Tsuchiya; G, Sugihara; Y, Iwata; K, Suzuki; H, Matsuzaki; S, Suda; T, Sugiyama; N, Takei; N, Mori

doi:10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2009.137

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Brain serotonin and dopamine transporter bindings in adults with high-functioning autism.

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Nakamura K

Sekine Y

Ouchi Y

Abstract

<h4>Context</h4>Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder that is characterized by repetitive and/or obsessive interests and behavior and by deficits in sociability and communication. Although its neurobiological underpinnings are postulated to lie in abnormalities of the serotoninergic and dopaminerg...

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