1999
CSF Monoamine Metabolite and Beta Endorphin Levels in Recently Detoxified Alcoholics and Healthy Controls: Prediction of Alcohol Cue‐Induced Craving?
Petrakis I, Trevisan L, D'Souza C, Gil R, Krasnicki S, Webb E, Heninger G, Cooney N, Krystal J. CSF Monoamine Metabolite and Beta Endorphin Levels in Recently Detoxified Alcoholics and Healthy Controls: Prediction of Alcohol Cue‐Induced Craving? Alcohol Clinical And Experimental Research 1999, 23: 1336-1341. PMID: 10470976, DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1999.tb04355.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAlcohol-dependent patientsHealthy controlsEndorphin levelsCSF levelsMonoamine metabolitesCSF measuresHealthy subjectsNorepinephrine metabolite MHPGLower CSF levelsBeta-endorphin levelsEarly-onset patientsCerebrospinal fluid levelsLate-onset patientsCentral neurotransmitter systemsCSF monoamine metabolitesDopamine metabolite HVAAlcohol cue exposureAlcohol-dependent individualsCue-Induced CravingAlcohol cue reactivityLumbar punctureMetabolite HVANeurotransmitter systemsMonoaminergic dysregulationMetabolite MHPG
1997
Imaging D2 Receptor Occupancy by Endogenous Dopamine in Humans
Laruelle M, D’Souza C, Baldwin R, Abi-Dargham A, Kanes S, Fingado C, Seibyl J, Zoghbi S, Bowers M, Jatlow P, Charney D, Innis R. Imaging D2 Receptor Occupancy by Endogenous Dopamine in Humans. Neuropsychopharmacology 1997, 17: 162-174. PMID: 9272483, DOI: 10.1016/s0893-133x(97)00043-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAffectAlpha-MethyltyrosineAnimalsBenzamidesBrainDopamineEnzyme InhibitorsHomovanillic AcidHumansIodine RadioisotopesMaleMethoxyhydroxyphenylglycolParkinson Disease, SecondaryPyrrolidinesRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyReceptors, Dopamine D2Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-PhotonTyrosine 3-MonooxygenaseConceptsAcute dopamine depletionSynaptic dopamine concentrationsEndogenous dopamineDopamine depletionPositron emission tomographyD2 receptorsTyrosine hydroxylase inhibitor alpha-methylDopamine concentrationsD2 receptor imagingD2 receptor upregulationD2 receptor occupancySingle photon emissionPara-tyrosineReceptor upregulationReceptor imagingAlpha-methylReceptor occupancyEmission tomographyDopaminePhoton emissionHuman brainReceptorsTomographyRodentsVivo measurements