2021
Lower prefrontal cortical synaptic vesicle binding in cocaine use disorder: An exploratory 11C‐UCB‐J positron emission tomography study in humans
Angarita GA, Worhunsky PD, Naganawa M, Toyonaga T, Nabulsi NB, Li C, Esterlis I, Skosnik PD, Radhakrishnan R, Pittman B, Gueorguieva R, Potenza MN, Finnema SJ, Huang Y, Carson RE, Malison RT. Lower prefrontal cortical synaptic vesicle binding in cocaine use disorder: An exploratory 11C‐UCB‐J positron emission tomography study in humans. Addiction Biology 2021, 27: e13123. PMID: 34852401, PMCID: PMC8891080, DOI: 10.1111/adb.13123.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCocaine use disorderAnterior cingulate cortexRecent cocaine useSynaptic densityMedial orbitofrontal cortexPrefrontal cortexCocaine useOrbitofrontal cortexUse disordersVentromedial prefrontal cortexPositron emission tomography scanPositron emission tomography studyEmission tomography scanSynaptic vesicle glycoprotein 2AHealthy control subjectsVolume of distributionEmission tomography studiesAcute cocaineControl subjectsTomography scanCocaine exposurePreclinical studiesHC subjectsDendritic spinesLifetime cocaine use
2013
Neural Bases of Pharmacological Treatment of Nicotine Dependence - Insights from Functional Brain Imaging: A Systematic Review
Menossi HS, Goudriaan AE, de Azevedo-Marques Périco C, Nicastri S, de Andrade AG, D’Elia G, Li CS, Castaldelli-Maia JM. Neural Bases of Pharmacological Treatment of Nicotine Dependence - Insights from Functional Brain Imaging: A Systematic Review. CNS Drugs 2013, 27: 921-941. PMID: 23853032, DOI: 10.1007/s40263-013-0092-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPharmacological treatmentNicotine dependenceContinuous arterial spin labelingCingulate cortexPharmacological smoking cessation treatmentsBlood oxygen level-dependent imagingNicotine replacement therapyPositron emission tomography studySmoking cessation treatmentEffects of vareniclineMaintenance of smokingLevel-dependent imagingNicotine-dependent individualsEmission tomography studiesMore effective treatmentsFunctional magnetic resonance imagingMagnetic resonance imagingPosterior cingulate cortexArterial spin labelingWeb of ScienceLateral orbitofrontal cortexSynthesis MethodsTwoClinical characteristicsData sourcesWeNicotine replacement