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
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