Elevated Dopamine D2/3 Receptor Availability in Obese Individuals: A PET Imaging Study with [11C](+)PHNO
Gaiser EC, Gallezot JD, Worhunsky PD, Jastreboff AM, Pittman B, Kantrovitz L, Angarita GA, Cosgrove KP, Potenza MN, Malison RT, Carson RE, Matuskey D. Elevated Dopamine D2/3 Receptor Availability in Obese Individuals: A PET Imaging Study with [11C](+)PHNO. Neuropsychopharmacology 2016, 41: 3042-3050. PMID: 27374277, PMCID: PMC5101552, DOI: 10.1038/npp.2016.115.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexVentral striatumObese individualsD2/3R availabilityOB individualsReward regionsSubstantia nigra/ventral tegmental areaDopamine D2/3 receptor availabilityNormal-weight individualsTreatment of obesityVentral tegmental areaNovel pharmacologic targetsD2/3 receptor availabilitySN/VTAAgonist tracersOverweight cohortMass indexWeight individualsTegmental areaBrain reward regionsAntagonist tracersPharmacologic targetReceptor availabilitySecondary analysisNW individualsAge-related changes in binding of the D2/3 receptor radioligand [11C](+)PHNO in healthy volunteers
Matuskey D, Worhunksy P, Correa E, Pittman B, Gallezot JD, Nabulsi N, Ropchan J, Sreeram V, Gudepu R, Gaiser E, Cosgrove K, Ding YS, Potenza MN, Huang Y, Malison RT, Carson RE. Age-related changes in binding of the D2/3 receptor radioligand [11C](+)PHNO in healthy volunteers. NeuroImage 2016, 130: 241-247. PMID: 26876475, PMCID: PMC4808424, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2016.02.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPositron emission tomographyReceptor availabilitySN/VTADopamine systemMidbrain regionsSubstantia nigra/ventral tegmental areaHealthy control subjectsWhole-brain voxel-wise analysisVentral tegmental areaPrevious imaging studiesVoxel-wise analysisAge-associated declineAge-related changesAntagonist radiotracersExtrastriatal areasReference tissue modelAgonist radiotracerAge-related declineControl subjectsTegmental areaHealthy subjectsHealthy volunteersPositive correlationReceptor radioligandSecondary analysis