2022
Imaging the fetal nonhuman primate brain with SV2A positron emission tomography (PET)
Rossano S, Toyonaga T, Berg E, Lorence I, Fowles K, Nabulsi N, Ropchan J, Li S, Ye Y, Felchner Z, Kukis D, Huang Y, Benveniste H, Tarantal AF, Groman S, Carson RE. Imaging the fetal nonhuman primate brain with SV2A positron emission tomography (PET). European Journal Of Nuclear Medicine And Molecular Imaging 2022, 49: 3679-3691. PMID: 35633376, PMCID: PMC9826644, DOI: 10.1007/s00259-022-05825-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPositron emission tomographySynaptic densityFetal brainThird trimesterEmission tomographyBrain developmentGravid rhesus monkeysPost-mortem brain tissueEarly neonatal periodNonhuman primate brainLate gestational periodSubset of subjectsPostnatal brain developmentPost-mortem samplesGestational ageNeonatal periodPregnant monkeysSynapse numberGestational periodPrimary motorPrimate brainBrain growthSubcortical regionsBrain tissueCortical regions
2020
Dysregulation of Decision Making Related to Metabotropic Glutamate 5, but Not Midbrain D3, Receptor Availability Following Cocaine Self-administration in Rats
Groman SM, Hillmer AT, Liu H, Fowles K, Holden D, Morris ED, Lee D, Taylor JR. Dysregulation of Decision Making Related to Metabotropic Glutamate 5, but Not Midbrain D3, Receptor Availability Following Cocaine Self-administration in Rats. Biological Psychiatry 2020, 88: 777-787. PMID: 32826065, PMCID: PMC8935943, DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2020.06.020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCocaine-dependent individualsProbabilistic reversalRelapse-like behaviorTest of motivationReceptor availabilityPersistent drug useMetabotropic glutamate 5Neural mechanismsCompulsive patternsDecision-making processDrug-induced adaptationsSelective impairmentDrug useWeeks of abstinenceCocaine takingCocaine Self-AdministrationBrain regionsDegree of disruptionDays of cocaineAdult male ratsCocaine-induced increasesCocaine-induced changesDrug-induced alterationsRobust alterationsPositron emission tomography
2014
In the Blink of an Eye: Relating Positive-Feedback Sensitivity to Striatal Dopamine D2-Like Receptors through Blink Rate
Groman SM, James AS, Seu E, Tran S, Clark TA, Harpster SN, Crawford M, Burtner JL, Feiler K, Roth RH, Elsworth JD, London ED, Jentsch JD. In the Blink of an Eye: Relating Positive-Feedback Sensitivity to Striatal Dopamine D2-Like Receptors through Blink Rate. Journal Of Neuroscience 2014, 34: 14443-14454. PMID: 25339755, PMCID: PMC4205561, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.3037-14.2014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDopamine D2-like receptorsD2-like receptorsPositron emission tomographyStriatal dopamine D2-like receptorsPositive feedback sensitivityAdult male vervet monkeysDopamine D2 receptorsD2-like receptor availabilityDopaminergic transmissionPharmacological assessmentD2 receptorsMale vervet monkeysReceptor numberReceptor availabilityEmission tomographyBlink rateReceptorsSimple behavioral measurePET measurementsHuman brainReversal-learning performanceVervet monkeysBehavioral measuresHuman impulsivityBehavioral addictions
2013
Diminished neurokinin‐1 receptor availability in patients with two forms of chronic visceral pain
Jarcho JM, Feier NA, Bert A, Labus JA, Lee M, Stains J, Ebrat B, Groman SM, Tillisch K, Brody AL, London ED, Mandelkern MA, Mayer EA. Diminished neurokinin‐1 receptor availability in patients with two forms of chronic visceral pain. Pain 2013, 154: 987-996. PMID: 23582152, PMCID: PMC4294187, DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2013.02.026.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInflammatory bowel diseaseIrritable bowel syndromePositron emission tomographyClinical parametersPatient populationHealthy controlsIBS patientsChronic painInjury-related chronic painChronic visceral painNK-1R signalingPeripheral substance PChronic abdominal painPotential pharmacological interventionsIBD patientsVisceral painAbdominal painCentral sensitizationBowel syndromeBowel diseaseSubstance PPharmacological interventionsBrain expressionPatientsReceptor availability