MPH-Induced Changes in Right Frontal Metabolism

Abstract

The effects of methylphenidate (MPH), a drug that increases dopamine, on brain glucose metabolism in 20 cocaine abusers was studied using PET scans and measurements of D2 receptors at the Brookhaven National Laboratory, the State University of New York at Stony Brook, and New York University, NY.

Keywords

• methylphenidate
• cerebellum
• orbitofrontal cortex