2019
Social status and demographic effects of the kappa opioid receptor: a PET imaging study with a novel agonist radiotracer in healthy volunteers
Matuskey D, Dias M, Naganawa M, Pittman B, Henry S, Li S, Gao H, Ropchan J, Nabulsi N, Carson RE, Huang Y. Social status and demographic effects of the kappa opioid receptor: a PET imaging study with a novel agonist radiotracer in healthy volunteers. Neuropsychopharmacology 2019, 44: 1714-1719. PMID: 30928993, PMCID: PMC6785144, DOI: 10.1038/s41386-019-0379-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexKappa-opioid receptorsPositron emission tomographyAgonist radiotracerKOR systemOpioid receptorsTime-activity curvesBarratt Simplified MeasureAnterior cingulate cortexArterial blood samplingMultilinear analysis-1 (MA1) methodPET imaging studiesKOR levelsMass indexPreclinical modelsFrontal cortexHealthy volunteersRegional time-activity curvesBlood samplingPET scansCingulate cortexImaging studiesEmission tomographyVentral striatumRegional volumes
2012
Differential effects of age on human striatal adenosine A1 and A2A receptors
Mishina M, Kimura Y, Naganawa M, Ishii K, Oda K, Sakata M, Toyohara J, Kobayashi S, Katayama Y, Ishiwata K. Differential effects of age on human striatal adenosine A1 and A2A receptors. Synapse 2012, 66: 832-839. PMID: 22623181, DOI: 10.1002/syn.21573.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDistribution volume ratioEffect of ageCaudate nucleusPET scanningAge-related decreaseElderly subjectsElderly volunteersAdenosine A1Healthy subjectsPET scansA2A receptorsYoung subjectsHuman striatumStriatumReceptorsAgePutamenDifferential effectsPrevious reportsSubjectsAdenosineDistribution of adenosinePropylxanthineHead