2016
Preferential binding to dopamine D3 over D2 receptors by cariprazine in patients with schizophrenia using PET with the D3/D2 receptor ligand [11C]-(+)-PHNO
Girgis RR, Slifstein M, D’Souza D, Lee Y, Periclou A, Ghahramani P, Laszlovszky I, Durgam S, Adham N, Nabulsi N, Huang Y, Carson RE, Kiss B, Kapás M, Abi-Dargham A, Rakhit A. Preferential binding to dopamine D3 over D2 receptors by cariprazine in patients with schizophrenia using PET with the D3/D2 receptor ligand [11C]-(+)-PHNO. Psychopharmacology 2016, 233: 3503-3512. PMID: 27525990, PMCID: PMC5035321, DOI: 10.1007/s00213-016-4382-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDopamine D3 receptorD2 receptorsD3 receptorsReceptor occupancyPartial agonistPositive symptomsD2 receptor partial agonistNegative symptomsPositron emission tomography scanDose-occupancy relationshipD2 receptor occupancyWeeks of dosingEmission tomography scanWeeks of treatmentExposure-response analysisReceptor partial agonistCerebrospinal fluid samplesDopamine D2 receptorsReward-related behaviorsD2 receptor ligandsTomography scanD2 antagonismPatientsDay 1Low doses
2012
Affinity and selectivity of [11C]‐(+)‐PHNO for the D3 and D2 receptors in the rhesus monkey brain in vivo
Gallezot J, Beaver JD, Gunn RN, Nabulsi N, Weinzimmer D, Singhal T, Slifstein M, Fowles K, Ding Y, Huang Y, Laruelle M, Carson RE, Rabiner EA. Affinity and selectivity of [11C]‐(+)‐PHNO for the D3 and D2 receptors in the rhesus monkey brain in vivo. Synapse 2012, 66: 489-500. PMID: 22213512, DOI: 10.1002/syn.21535.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman positron emission tomography studiesPositron emission tomography studyRhesus monkey brainEmission tomography studiesDopamine D2 receptorsRegional binding potentialDopamine D3 receptorAnesthetized primatePHNO signalFuture PET studiesInfusion paradigmD2 receptorsMonkey brainPrimate brainVivo affinityRhesus monkeysPET studiesTomography studyD2RPHNOBrainReceptorsD3RRegional fractionHuman brain