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NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
Volume 28, Issue 9, Pages 1703-1711Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/sj.npp.1300224
Keywords
dopamine D1 receptors; D(1)radioligands; DA depletion; in vivo binding; prefrontal cortex; schizophrenia
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- NIMH NIH HHS [1 R01 MH59144-01] Funding Source: Medline
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Recent positron emission tomography ( PET) studies have assessed the level of dopamine (DA) D-1 receptors in the prefrontal cortex (PFC) in patients with schizophrenia and have generated contradictory findings. In the PFC of patients with schizophrenia, the binding potential (BP) of [C-11]NNC 112 has been reported as increased, while the BP of [C-11]SCH 23390 was reported as decreased or unchanged. In this study, the effect of acute and subchronic DA depletion on the in vivo binding of [C-11]NNC 112 and [H-3]SCH 23390 was evaluated in rats. Acute DA depletion did not affect [C-11]NNC 112 in vivo binding, but paradoxically decreased [H-3]SCH 23390 in vivo binding. Subchronic DA depletion was associated with increased [C-11]NNC 112 in vivo binding and decreased [H-3]SCH 23390 in vivo binding. Together, these data demonstrate that the in vivo binding of these radiotracers is differentially affected by changes in endogenous DA tone, and suggest that alterations in the binding of these tracers in the PFC of patients with schizophrenia might reflect changes in D-1 receptors secondary to sustained deficit in prefrontal DA function.
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