Increased Brainstem Serotonergic Transporter Availability in Adult Migraineurs: an [ 18 F]FP-CIT PET Imaging Pilot Study

Purpose Recent studies have proposed central serotonergic dysfunction as a major pathophysiology of migraine. We investigated serotonin transporter (SERT) availability in migraineurs using F-18-N-(3-fluoropropyl)-2β-carbomethoxy-3β-(4-iodophenyl) nortropane ([18F]FP-CIT) positron emission tomography (PET).