Atlas of dopamine receptor images (PET) of the human brain

J Comput Assist Tomogr. 1985 Jan-Feb;9(1):129-40. doi: 10.1097/00004728-198501000-00024.

Abstract

An atlas of positron emission tomographic images of dopamine and serotonin receptor distribution in the normal and abnormal human brain has been generated using 3-N-[11C]methylspiperone as the tracer.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Alzheimer Disease / diagnostic imaging
  • Brain / diagnostic imaging*
  • Brain Chemistry
  • Brain Mapping / methods*
  • Cerebral Infarction / diagnostic imaging
  • Humans
  • Huntington Disease / diagnostic imaging
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Parkinson Disease / diagnostic imaging
  • Receptors, Dopamine / analysis*
  • Receptors, Serotonin / analysis
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed*

Substances

  • Receptors, Dopamine
  • Receptors, Serotonin