2016
PET imaging reveals sex differences in kappa opioid receptor availability in humans, in vivo.
Vijay A, Wang S, Worhunsky P, Zheng MQ, Nabulsi N, Ropchan J, Krishnan-Sarin S, Huang Y, Morris ED. PET imaging reveals sex differences in kappa opioid receptor availability in humans, in vivo. American Journal Of Nuclear Medicine And Molecular Imaging 2016, 6: 205-14. PMID: 27648372, PMCID: PMC5004062.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchKappa-opioid receptorsOpioid receptorsSex differencesOpioid receptor availabilityTreatment of painHealthy control menDelta-opioid receptorsVolume of distributionEfficacy of treatmentKappa opioid analgesicsMultiple brain regionsOpioid analgesicsKOR systemControl menAntagonist tracersPET scansReceptor availabilityVoxel levelPharmacological targetsBrain regionsPET imagingAddiction withdrawalReceptorsTreatmentPartial volume correction
2014
Association of In Vivo κ-Opioid Receptor Availability and the Transdiagnostic Dimensional Expression of Trauma-Related Psychopathology
Pietrzak RH, Naganawa M, Huang Y, Corsi-Travali S, Zheng MQ, Stein MB, Henry S, Lim K, Ropchan J, Lin SF, Carson RE, Neumeister A. Association of In Vivo κ-Opioid Receptor Availability and the Transdiagnostic Dimensional Expression of Trauma-Related Psychopathology. JAMA Psychiatry 2014, 71: 1262-1270. PMID: 25229257, DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2014.1221.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAmygdalaBenzamidesCarbon RadioisotopesCase-Control StudiesCross-Sectional StudiesDepressionFemaleFunctional NeuroimagingGyrus CinguliHumansHydrocortisoneMaleNeural PathwaysPhobic DisordersPositron-Emission TomographyPsychiatric Status Rating ScalesPyrrolidinesReceptors, Opioid, kappaStress Disorders, Post-TraumaticVentral StriatumWounds and InjuriesYoung AdultConceptsUrinary cortisol levelsLoss symptomsTrauma-related psychopathologyCortisol levelsNeural circuitsDynorphin/κ-opioid receptor systemΚ-opioid receptor systemHamilton Depression Rating ScaleRating ScaleAdrenal axis systemClinician-Administered PTSD ScalePositron emission tomography studyDepression Rating ScaleHamilton Rating ScaleMechanism-based treatmentsEmission tomography studiesAcademic medical centerPositron emission tomographyKOR systemPreclinical dataTrauma-exposed adultsHigh-resolution positron emission tomographyMedical CenterMAIN OUTCOMEDepressive symptoms