Montgomery AJ, Mehta MA, Grasby PM. Is psychological stress in man associated with increased striatal dopamine levels?: a [11C]raclopride PET study. Synapse. August 2006;60(2):124-131.
Publication Date
August 2006
How Analyze was Used
“Time-activity curves for individual regions were generated using image analysis software (Analyze AVW 6.0).”
Keywords
Adult
Binding, Competitive/physiology
Blood Pressure/physiology
Carbon Radioisotopes
Corpus Striatum/metabolism/physiopathology/radionuclide imaging
Dopamine/metabolism
Dopamine Antagonists/diagnostic use
Female
Heart Rate/physiology
Humans
Hydrocortisone/metabolism/secretion
Male
Middle Aged
Positron-Emission Tomography (PET)
Raclopride/diagnostic use
Stress, Psychological/metabolism/physiopathology/radionuclide imaging
Synaptic Transmission/physiology
Up-Regulation/physiology
Author Affiliation(s)
Cyclotron Unit, MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College, London, UK. (AJM, MAM, PMG)
Centre for Neuroimaging Sciences, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College, London, UK. (MAM)
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Tags: Adult, Blood Pressure/physiology, Carbon Radioisotopes, Competitive Binding/physiology, Corpus Striatum/metabolism/physiopathology/radionuclide imaging, Dopamine Antagonists/diagnostic use, Dopamine/metabolism, Female, Heart Rate/physiology, Humans, Hydrocortisone/metabolism/secretion, Male, Middle Aged, Positron Emission Tomography (PET), Psychological Stress/metabolism/physiopathology/radionuclide imaging, Raclopride/diagnostic use, Synaptic Transmission/physiology, Up-Regulation/physiology