Creating Dynamic Images of Short-lived Dopamine Fluctuations with lp-ntPET: Dopamine Movies of Cigarette Smoking
Morris ED, Kim SJ, Sullivan JM, Wang S, Normandin MD, Constantinescu CC, Cosgrove KP. Creating Dynamic Images of Short-lived Dopamine Fluctuations with lp-ntPET: Dopamine Movies of Cigarette Smoking. Journal Of Visualized Experiments 2013, 50358. PMID: 23963311, PMCID: PMC4046621, DOI: 10.3791/50358.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCarbon RadioisotopesCorpus StriatumDopamineDopamine AntagonistsHumansPositron-Emission TomographyRacloprideRadiopharmaceuticalsSmokingStatistics, NonparametricConceptsStatistical stepsTime-varying parametersTime-varying functionModel parametersSpatial filterDecomposition techniqueKinetic model parametersConventional modelsSpatial noiseFluctuationsNew modelParametersAnalysis techniquesLp-ntPETModelConventional methodsStatistical comparisonMain stepsDynamic PET data