2021
Identifying brain networks in synaptic density PET (11C-UCB-J) with independent component analysis
Fang XT, Toyonaga T, Hillmer AT, Matuskey D, Holmes SE, Radhakrishnan R, Mecca AP, van Dyck CH, D’Souza D, Esterlis I, Worhunsky PD, Carson RE. Identifying brain networks in synaptic density PET (11C-UCB-J) with independent component analysis. NeuroImage 2021, 237: 118167. PMID: 34000404, PMCID: PMC8452380, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118167.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSynaptic densityResting-state functional magnetic resonance imagingSynaptic vesicle protein 2ALevel-dependent signal fluctuationsBrain networksFunctional magnetic resonance imagingMagnetic resonance imagingAge-related changesHealthy controlsResonance imagingRs-fMRIEffects of sexProtein 2AMultiple comparisonsHuman brainAgePotential utilitySexFirst evidenceCovariance patterns
2019
Highs and lows of cannabinoid-dopamine interactions: effects of genetic variability and pharmacological modulation of catechol-O-methyl transferase on the acute response to delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol in humans
Ranganathan M, De Aquino JP, Cortes-Briones JA, Radhakrishnan R, Pittman B, Bhakta S, D’Souza D. Highs and lows of cannabinoid-dopamine interactions: effects of genetic variability and pharmacological modulation of catechol-O-methyl transferase on the acute response to delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol in humans. Psychopharmacology 2019, 236: 3209-3219. PMID: 31187152, DOI: 10.1007/s00213-019-05273-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCOMT rs4680 polymorphismMemory deficitsCOMT genotypeVal/Val individualsRs4680 polymorphismSubjective effectsTest dayCatechol-O-methyl transferase (COMT) enzymePsychotomimetic effectsCognitive effectsCognitive dataCannabinoid-dopamine interactionsAcute responseHuman brainIntravenous THCPlacebo-controlled studyRole of dopaminergicCatechol-O-methyl transferaseDopaminergic signalingAcute pharmacological inhibitionDeficitsCannabinoid effectsDopaminergic toneHealthy subjectsDrug development efforts
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