Assessment of dopamine receptor densities in the human brain with carbon‐11‐labeled N‐methylspiperone

  • Henry N. Wagner
  • , H. Donald Burns
  • , Robert F. Dannals
  • , Dean F. Wong
  • , Bengt Langström
  • , Timothy Duelfer
  • , J. James Frost
  • , Hayden T. Ravert
  • , Jonathan M. Links
  • , Shelley B. Rosenbloom
  • , Scott E. Lukas
  • , Alfred V. Kramer
  • , Michael J. Kuhar

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Abstract

We describe the use of carbon‐11‐labeled 3‐N‐methylspiperone, a ligand that preferentially binds to dopamine receptors in vivo, to image the receptors by positron emission tomography scanning in baboons and, for the first time, in a human. The method has now been used in 58 humans for noninvasive assessment of the state of brain dopamine receptors under normal and pathological conditions.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)79-84
Number of pages6
JournalAnnals of neurology
Volume15
Issue number1 S
DOIs
StatePublished - 1984

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