Communications Biology (Feb 2023)

Time-varying SUVr reflects the dynamics of dopamine increases during methylphenidate challenges in humans

  • Dardo Tomasi,
  • Peter Manza,
  • Jean Logan,
  • Ehsan Shokri-Kojori,
  • Michele-Vera Yonga,
  • Danielle Kroll,
  • Dana Feldman,
  • Katherine McPherson,
  • Catherine Biesecker,
  • Evan Dennis,
  • Allison Johnson,
  • Kai Yuan,
  • Wen-Tung Wang,
  • John A. Butman,
  • Gene-Jack Wang,
  • Nora D. Volkow

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-04545-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Combined PET imaging and mathematical simulations reveal that the rate of dopamine increase in the striatum underlies self-reports of drug “high” in response to oral and intravenous methylphenidate challenges in humans