Evaluation of the brain 5-HT2A receptor binding index in dogs with anxiety disorders, measured with 123I-5I-R91150 and SPECT

ST Vermeire, KR Audenaert, AA Dobbeleir… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2009 - Soc Nuclear Med
The serotonergic system has been implicated in emotional and cognitive functions since
early work. In particular, an important role has been attributed to the 5-HT2A receptor in …

Decreased frontal serotonin 5-HT2a receptor binding index in deliberate self-harm patients

K Audenaert, K Van Laere, F Dumont, G Slegers… - European journal of …, 2001 - Springer
Studies of serotonin metabolites in body fluids in attempted suicide patients and of post-mortem
brain tissue of suicide victims have demonstrated the involvement of the serotonergic …

Decreased 5-HT2a receptor binding in patients with anorexia nervosa

K Audenaert, K Van Laere, F Dumont… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2003 - Soc Nuclear Med
Indirect estimations of brain neurotransmitters in patients with anorexia nervosa (AN) and
low weight have demonstrated a reduction in brain serotonin (5-HT) turnover in general and …

SPECT neuropsychological activation procedure with the Verbal Fluency Test in attempted suicide patients

K Audenaert, I Goethals, K Van Laere… - Nuclear Medicine …, 2002 - journals.lww.com
Performance on the Verbal Fluency Test, as a measure of the ability of initiating processes,
is reduced in depressed suicidal patients. The hampered results in this prefrontal executive …

Prefrontal 5-HT2a receptor binding index, hopelessness and personality characteristics in attempted suicide

C Van Heeringen, K Audenaert, K Van Laere… - Journal of affective …, 2003 - Elsevier
Background: Depression, hopelessness, impaired problem solving capacities and deficient
serotonergic functions have been identified as major causes of suicidal behaviour. In general…

Verbal fluency as a prefrontal activation probe: a validation study using 99mTc-ECD brain SPET

K Audenaert, B Brans, K Van Laere, P Lahorte… - European journal of …, 2000 - Springer
This study aimed to investigate the feasibility of brain single-photon emission tomography (SPET)
in the letter and category fluency paradigm of the Controlled Oral Word Association (…

Structural and functional neuroimaging studies of the suicidal brain

S Desmyter, C Van Heeringen, K Audenaert - Progress in neuro …, 2011 - Elsevier
Suicidality is a major challenge for today's health care. Evidence suggests that there are
differences in cognitive functioning of suicidal patients but the knowledge about the underlying …

[PDF][PDF] Functional imaging, serotonin and the suicidal brain

K Audenaert, K Peremans, I Goethals… - Acta neurologica …, 2006 - academia.edu
AUDENAERT K. et al. Brain perfusion in borderline and antisocial personality disorder patients
AUDENAERT K. et al. SPECT neuropsychological activation procedure with the Verbal …

Estimates of regional cerebral blood flow and 5-HT2A receptor density in impulsive, aggressive dogs with 99mTc-ECD and 123I-5-I-R91150

K Peremans, K Audenaert, F Coopman… - European journal of …, 2003 - Springer
Impulsive aggression in dogs has an important impact on human public health. Better insight
into the pathophysiology of this phenomenon could lead to more adequate diagnosis and …

Brain perfusion SPECT in impulsivity-related personality disorders

I Goethals, K Audenaert, F Jacobs… - Behavioural brain …, 2005 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND:: Impulsive behaviours in patients with cluster B personality disorders are
associated with low glucose metabolism and regional cerebral blood flow in the frontal cortex …