2008
Positron Emission Tomography Imaging of the Serotonin Transporter and 5-HT1A Receptor in Alcohol Dependence
Martinez D, Slifstein M, Gil R, Hwang DR, Huang Y, Perez A, Frankle WG, Laruelle M, Krystal J, Abi-Dargham A. Positron Emission Tomography Imaging of the Serotonin Transporter and 5-HT1A Receptor in Alcohol Dependence. Biological Psychiatry 2008, 65: 175-180. PMID: 18962444, PMCID: PMC2621104, DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2008.08.034.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsType II alcoholismSerotonergic transmissionControl subjectsTransporter levelsAlcohol-dependent subjectsNonspecific partition coefficientEmission Tomography ImagingPositron emission tomography (PET) imagingSeverity of alcoholismDifferent brain regionsTwo-tissue compartment modelSerotonin innervationTransporter availabilityAlcoholic subjectsRodent modelsAlcohol dependenceDisease severitySignificant negative correlationBrain regionsSerotonin transporterSubjects SubjectsAlcoholismTomography imagingSignificant differencesPatients
2001
Imaging Human Mesolimbic Dopamine Transmission with Positron Emission Tomography: I. Accuracy and Precision of D2 Receptor Parameter Measurements in Ventral Striatum
Mawlawi O, Martinez D, Slifstein M, Broft A, Chatterjee R, Hwang D, Huang Y, Simpson N, Ngo K, Van Heertum R, Laruelle M. Imaging Human Mesolimbic Dopamine Transmission with Positron Emission Tomography: I. Accuracy and Precision of D2 Receptor Parameter Measurements in Ventral Striatum. Cerebrovascular And Brain Metabolism Reviews 2001, 21: 1034-1057. PMID: 11524609, DOI: 10.1097/00004647-200109000-00002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPositron emission tomographyVentral striatumDopamine transmissionReceptor measurementsEmission tomographyMesolimbic dopamine transmissionHigh-resolution magnetic resonanceNonspecific partition coefficientDrugs of abuseDorsal putamenPostmortem studiesVentral putamenDorsal caudateVentral caudateNucleus accumbensConstant infusion methodReceptor availabilityPsychotic statesStriatumReceptorsPutamenCaudateSpecific bindingInfusion methodTomography
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