Sex differences in [123I]β‐CIT SPECT measures of dopamine and serotonin transporter availability in healthy smokers and nonsmokers
Staley J, Krishnan‐Sarin S, Zoghbi S, Tamagnan G, Fujita M, Seibyl J, Maciejewski P, O'Malley S, Innis R. Sex differences in [123I]β‐CIT SPECT measures of dopamine and serotonin transporter availability in healthy smokers and nonsmokers. Synapse 2001, 41: 275-284. PMID: 11494398, DOI: 10.1002/syn.1084.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAffectBrain StemCarrier ProteinsCocaineCorpus StriatumDopamine Plasma Membrane Transport ProteinsFemaleHumansIodine RadioisotopesMaleMembrane GlycoproteinsMembrane Transport ProteinsMiddle AgedNerve Tissue ProteinsRadiopharmaceuticalsSerotonin Plasma Membrane Transport ProteinsSex CharacteristicsSmokingTomography, Emission-Computed, Single-PhotonConceptsCIT uptakeTransporter availabilityHealthy smokersMale smokersEffect of smokingConstituents of tobaccoSingle photon emissionSex-specific mannerHigher brainstemNondisplaceable activitySPECT measuresFemale smokersSmoking statusSerotonin levelsBolus administrationOutcome measuresPairs of ageSmokersModest elevationBrainstemNonsmokersRegional uptakeAnalog of cocaineHigher dopamineTransporter expression