Overview

Effects of Sex Steroids on the Serotonin System

Status:
Unknown status

Trial end date:
2020-12-01

Target enrollment:

Participant gender:

Summary

The aim of this study is to prove the modulatory influence of sex hormones on serotonergic neurotransmission by determining the enzymatic processes involved in serotonin synthesis and degradation using positron emission tomography (PET) in humans in vivo with the radiotracers [11C]AMT and [11C]harmine.

Phase:

Phase 4

Details

Lead Sponsor:

Medical University of Vienna

Treatments:

Cyproterone
Cyproterone Acetate
Estradiol
Estradiol 17 beta-cypionate
Estradiol 3-benzoate
Estradiol valerate
Lynestrenol
Methyltestosterone
Polyestradiol phosphate
Serotonin
Testosterone
Testosterone 17 beta-cypionate
Testosterone enanthate
Testosterone undecanoate
Triptorelin Pamoate