Probing the Serotonin Transporter Availability Among Male Cigarette Smokers: A SPECT Study With [123I] ADAM

Rong-Jiang Zhao1, Shih-Hsien Lin, Lan-Ting Lee

  • 1Department of Alcohol and Drug Dependence, Beijing Hui-Long-Guan Hospital, Peking University, Beijing, China (R-JZ); Department of Psychiatry, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan (S-HL, L-TL, IHL, PSC, KCC, YKY); Addiction Research Center, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan (S-HL, IHL, PSC, KCC, YKY); Department of Psychiatry, National Cheng Kung University, Dou-Liou Branch, Yunlin, Taiwan (IHL, YKY); and Institute of Behavioral Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan (YKY).

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