title: Size of basal ganglia in suicide attempters, and its association with temperament and serotonin transporter density.
abstract: Magnetic resonance imaging was used to compare subcortical volumes of seven suicide attempters with those of six healthy controls. Suicide attempters had 10% smaller right caudate nucleus and 19% bilaterally smaller globus pallidus. In suicide attempters, volumes of the globus pallidus correlated negatively with previously reported measures of solidity (non-impulsive temperament) and serotonin transporter binding potential.
authors.affiliation: Psychiatry, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund University, SE-221 85 Lund, Sweden. fredrik.vang@med.lu.se
authors.forename: Fredrik Johannes
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Vang
authors.forename: Erik
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ryding
authors.forename: Lil
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Träskman-Bendz
authors.forename: Danielle
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: van Westen
authors.forename: Mats Bertil
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Lindström
mesh_terms: D001479:Basal Ganglia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D003042:Cocaine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011485:Protein Binding; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D050486:Serotonin Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000523:psychology; D013694:Temperament
chemical_list: D050486:Serotonin Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins; C069723:2beta-carbomethoxy-3beta-(4-iodophenyl)tropane; D003042:Cocaine