Dopamine transporter occupancies in the human brain induced by therapeutic doses of oral methylphenidate

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 155, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1325-1331

  Volkow, Nora D ^a   Wang, Gene Jack ^b   Fowler, Joanna S ^b   Gatley, Samuel J ^b   Logan, Jean ^b   Ding, Yu Shin ^b   Hitzemann, Robert ^b   Pappas, Naomi ^b  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR; METHYLPHENIDATE;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR OCCUPANCY;

EID: 0031660871     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.155.10.1325     Document Type: Article

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