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. 2021 Sep 21;27(1):192–201. doi: 10.1038/s41380-021-01285-w

Table 1.

Study characteristics of included studies.

Study Drug N Total N males Dose range (mg) Ligand Lag (hours) Duration (days) Age (mean ± SD years) Diagnosis RoI Ref. model
Meyer et al. (2004) [17] Cit 18 NAa 1–60 DASB 6–13 28 NAa Mix of healthy and MDDb Str, BT, ACC, PFC, mid, BC Logan
Ven 18 2.4–225
Flu 18 1–60
Ser 14 10–200
Par 14 5–60
Klein et al. (2006) [18] Cit 10 20 10–20 ADAM 6 1 NAc Healthy Mid SRTM
Esc 15 5–20
Lundberg et al. (2007) [19] Cit 8 16 20 MADAM 6 1 NA Healthy ACC, FC, TC, ins, hip, put, rap SRTM
Esc 8 10
Baldinger et al. (2014) [31] Cit 9 6 20 DASB 6 1 + 25 42.3 ± 7.8 MDD Accu, ins, amy, cau, put, tha, str, mid MRTM2
Esc 10 10
Klein et al. (2007) [36] Cit 9 9 20 ADAM 6 + 54 10 28 ± 3 Healthy Mid SRTM
Esc 6 10
Smith et al. (2011) [38] Cit 7 4 20–40 DASB NA 56–70 65 ± 5 MDD Str, tha Logan, MRTM2
Houle et al. (2000) [34] Cit 3 NA 40 DASB 3 1 NA Healthy Str, mid, tha NA
Herold et al. (2006) [37] Cit 13 11 10 ADAM 6–7 7 NA MDD Mid Logan
Kim et al. (2017) [35] Esc 12 12 5–30 DASB 3 + 24 + 46 1 23 ± 2.7 Healthy Put, DRN, cau, tha MRTM2
Arakawa et al. (2016) [30] Esc 8 8 10–20 DASB 4 + 24 + 48 1 29.1 ± 4.6 Healthy Tha SRTM
Ser 4 50
Par 4 20
Catafau et al. (2006) [32] Par 9 NAd 20 ADAM NA 39 NA MDD Mid, tha, str Tissue ratio method
Takano et al. (2006a) [39] Flv 6 6 50 DASB 5 + 26 + 53 1 24.3 ± 4.8 Healthy FC, tha, str, hip, amy MRTM2
Takano et al. (2006b) [40] Dul 15 15 5–60 DASB 6 + 25 + 49 + 53 + 78 1 + 7 24.1 ± 2.4 Healthy Tha MRTM2
Abanades et al. (2011) [28] Dul 10 10 20 DASB 6, 4 1 + 4 40.2 ± 11 Healthy Mid, str, tha SRTM
Areberg et al. (2012) [41] Vor 35 35 2.5–20 DASB 7 13 NAa Healthy Rap SRTM
Areberg et al. (2012) [41, 42] Vor 11 11 2.5–60 MADAM 7 1 + 9 NAa Healthy Rap SRTM
Frankle et al. (2018) [33] Des 15 8 25–150 DASB 24e 3 27 ± 9 Healthy Mid, tha, amy, str SRTM

N number of participants, lag (hours) time lag in hours between drug administration and scanning, SD standard deviation, RoI brain region of interest, Ref. model reference model for quantifying binding potential, cit citalopram, ven venlafaxine, flu fluoxetine, ser sertraline, par paroxetine, esc escitalopram, flv fluvoxamine, dul duloxetine, vor vortioxetine, des desvenlafaxine, NA not applicable, MDD major depressive disorder, str striatum, BT bilateral thalamus, ACC anterior cingulate cortex, PFC prefrontal cortex, mid midbrain, BC bilateral cuneus, FC frontal cortex, TC temporal cortex, ins insula, hip hippocampus, put putamen, rap raphe nuclei, accu accumbens, amy amygdala, tha thalamus, cau caudate, DRN dorsal raphe nucleus, SRTM simplified reference tissue model, MRTM-2 multilinear reference tissue model 2.

aInformation on sex and age provided only for 77 of 82 participants in Meyer 2004 (33 females, 44 males, mean age (SD) 35 (9), and only for both groups combined in Areberg 2012 (46 males, mean age 28 years (21–41).

bHealthy participants received low doses, unhealthy participants received high doses.

cMean age data includes four dropouts (26.8 years for all 29 participants).

dParticipant characteristics include one dropout (6 males, 4 females, mean age (SD) 36 (10.8), range 20–53).

eUnique to this review