2016
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 individuals
2015
A preliminary study of dopamine D2/3 receptor availability and social status in healthy and cocaine dependent humans imaged with [11C](+)PHNO
Matuskey D, Gaiser EC, Gallezot JD, Angarita GA, Pittman B, Nabulsi N, Ropchan J, MaCleod P, Cosgrove KP, Ding YS, Potenza MN, Carson RE, Malison RT. A preliminary study of dopamine D2/3 receptor availability and social status in healthy and cocaine dependent humans imaged with [11C](+)PHNO. Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2015, 154: 167-173. PMID: 26164205, PMCID: PMC4536182, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.06.039.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPositron emission tomographyNon-human primatesInverse associationCD groupReceptor availabilityHealthy non-human primatesSubstantia nigra/ventral tegmental areaBarratt Simplified MeasureDopamine D2/3 receptor availabilityBody mass indexVentral tegmental areaCocaine-dependent humansChronic cocaine administrationDependent humansD2/3 receptor availabilitySN/VTAMass indexCD subjectsRegional brainExtrastriatal regionsTegmental areaCocaine administrationAntagonist radioligandAgonist radioligandCD individuals
2014
Histidine Decarboxylase Deficiency Causes Tourette Syndrome: Parallel Findings in Humans and Mice
Baldan LC, Williams KA, Gallezot JD, Pogorelov V, Rapanelli M, Crowley M, Anderson GM, Loring E, Gorczyca R, Billingslea E, Wasylink S, Panza KE, Ercan-Sencicek AG, Krusong K, Leventhal BL, Ohtsu H, Bloch MH, Hughes ZA, Krystal JH, Mayes L, de Araujo I, Ding YS, State MW, Pittenger C. Histidine Decarboxylase Deficiency Causes Tourette Syndrome: Parallel Findings in Humans and Mice. Neuron 2014, 81: 77-90. PMID: 24411733, PMCID: PMC3894588, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2013.10.052.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAmphetamineAnimalsBrainChildDopamine AgonistsDopamine AntagonistsExploratory BehaviorFemaleHistidine DecarboxylaseHumansMaleMaze LearningMiceMice, KnockoutMiddle AgedMutationOxazinesRacloprideRadionuclide ImagingStereotyped BehaviorTime FactorsTourette SyndromeTryptophanYoung AdultConceptsTourette syndromeHA infusionKnockout miceD2/D3 receptor bindingDecarboxylase deficiencyDopamine D2 antagonist haloperidolCortico-basal ganglia circuitsStriatal DA levelsHDC knockout miceD3 receptor bindingImmediate early gene FosD2 antagonist haloperidolRare genetic causeBiosynthesis of histamineStriatal DARare causeBasal gangliaDA levelsAntagonist haloperidolGanglia circuitsPrepulse inhibitionMiceReceptor bindingGenetic causeHistidine decarboxylase
2013
Imaging Nicotine- and Amphetamine-Induced Dopamine Release in Rhesus Monkeys with [11C]PHNO vs [11C]raclopride PET
Gallezot JD, Kloczynski T, Weinzimmer D, Labaree D, Zheng MQ, Lim K, Rabiner EA, Ridler K, Pittman B, Huang Y, Carson RE, Morris ED, Cosgrove KP. Imaging Nicotine- and Amphetamine-Induced Dopamine Release in Rhesus Monkeys with [11C]PHNO vs [11C]raclopride PET. Neuropsychopharmacology 2013, 39: 866-874. PMID: 24220025, PMCID: PMC3924521, DOI: 10.1038/npp.2013.286.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAmphetamine-induced DA releaseD2/D3 receptorsDA releaseD3 receptorsRhesus monkeysAmphetamine-Induced Dopamine ReleaseDopamine D2/D3 receptorsHuman tobacco smokersAmphetamine-induced changesClinical neuroimaging studiesAdult rhesus monkeysPositron emission tomography (PET) imagingEmission Tomography ImagingLow-affinity receptorsNon-human primatesTobacco smokersSubstantia nigraGlobus pallidusDopamine releaseNucleus accumbensNicotineNeuroimaging studiesTomography imagingBPNDReceptors
2012
Affinity and selectivity of [11C]‐(+)‐PHNO for the D3 and D2 receptors in the rhesus monkey brain in vivo
Gallezot J, Beaver JD, Gunn RN, Nabulsi N, Weinzimmer D, Singhal T, Slifstein M, Fowles K, Ding Y, Huang Y, Laruelle M, Carson RE, Rabiner EA. Affinity and selectivity of [11C]‐(+)‐PHNO for the D3 and D2 receptors in the rhesus monkey brain in vivo. Synapse 2012, 66: 489-500. PMID: 22213512, DOI: 10.1002/syn.21535.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman positron emission tomography studiesPositron emission tomography studyRhesus monkey brainEmission tomography studiesDopamine D2 receptorsRegional binding potentialDopamine D3 receptorAnesthetized primatePHNO signalFuture PET studiesInfusion paradigmD2 receptorsMonkey brainPrimate brainVivo affinityRhesus monkeysPET studiesTomography studyD2RPHNOBrainReceptorsD3RRegional fractionHuman brain