Methamphetamine-related psychiatric symptoms and reduced brain dopamine transporters studied with PET.

Y, Sekine; M, Iyo; Y, Ouchi; T, Matsunaga; H, Tsukada; H, Okada; E, Yoshikawa; M, Futatsubashi; N, Takei; N, Mori

doi:10.1176/appi.ajp.158.8.1206

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Methamphetamine-related psychiatric symptoms and reduced brain dopamine transporters studied with PET.

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Sekine Y

Iyo M

Ouchi Y

Abstract

<h4>Objective</h4>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 us...

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