2015
A preliminary study of dopamine D2/3 receptor availability and social status in healthy and cocaine dependent humans imaged with [11C](+)PHNO
Matuskey D, Gaiser EC, Gallezot JD, Angarita GA, Pittman B, Nabulsi N, Ropchan J, MaCleod P, Cosgrove KP, Ding YS, Potenza MN, Carson RE, Malison RT. A preliminary study of dopamine D2/3 receptor availability and social status in healthy and cocaine dependent humans imaged with [11C](+)PHNO. Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2015, 154: 167-173. PMID: 26164205, PMCID: PMC4536182, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.06.039.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPositron emission tomographyNon-human primatesInverse associationCD groupReceptor availabilityHealthy non-human primatesSubstantia nigra/ventral tegmental areaBarratt Simplified MeasureDopamine D2/3 receptor availabilityBody mass indexVentral tegmental areaCocaine-dependent humansChronic cocaine administrationDependent humansD2/3 receptor availabilitySN/VTAMass indexCD subjectsRegional brainExtrastriatal regionsTegmental areaCocaine administrationAntagonist radioligandAgonist radioligandCD individuals
2010
Serotonin 1B Receptor Imaging in Alcohol Dependence
Hu J, Henry S, Gallezot JD, Ropchan J, Neumaier JF, Potenza MN, Sinha R, Krystal JH, Huang Y, Ding YS, Carson RE, Neumeister A. Serotonin 1B Receptor Imaging in Alcohol Dependence. Biological Psychiatry 2010, 67: 800-803. PMID: 20172504, PMCID: PMC3112181, DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2009.12.028.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealthy control subjectsAlcohol dependencePositron emission tomographyStriatal 5Emission tomographyMagnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scansIndividual magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scansMultilinear reference tissue modelResonance imaging scansSerotonin 1B receptorReference tissue modelClinical variablesAbstinent patientsControl subjectsImaging scansAnatomical abnormalitiesHC subjectsRodent modelsAntagonist radioligandReceptor imagingAnimal modelsVivo assessmentTomographyFirst evidenceHigh-resolution research tomograph