Methamphetamine-Related Psychiatric Symptoms and Reduced Brain Dopamine Transporters Studied With PET

Sekine, Yoshimoto; Iyo, Masaomi; Ouchi, Yasuomi; Matsunaga, Tsutomu; Tsukada, Hideo; Okada, Hiroyuki; Yoshikawa, Etsuji; Futatsubashi, Masami; Takei, Nori; Mori, Norio

doi:10.1176/appi.ajp.158.8.1206

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Methamphetamine-Related Psychiatric Symptoms and Reduced Brain Dopamine Transporters Studied With PET

Published in American Journal of Psychiatry • Aug 1, 2001

Authors:

Yoshimoto Sekine

Masaomi Iyo

Yasuomi Ouchi

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: A positron emission tomography (PET) study has suggested that dopamine transporter density of the caudate/putamen is reduced in methamphetamine users. The authors measured nucleus accumbens and prefrontal cortex density, in addition to caudate/putamen density, in methamphetamine users and...

Subject

Dopamine transporter

Methamphetamine

Putamen

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