Recent Advances in Imaging of Dopaminergic Neurons for Evaluation of Neuropsychiatric Disorders

• Published in: BioMed research international Vol. 2012; no. 2012; pp. 1 - 14
• Main Authors: Shen, Lie-Hang, Tseng, Yu-Chin, Liao, Mei-Hsiu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cairo, Egypt Hindawi Puplishing Corporation 01.01.2012; Hindawi Publishing Corporation; Hindawi Limited
• Subjects: Animals; Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity - diagnostic imaging; Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity - pathology; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Biomedical research; Brain; Dopaminergic Neurons - diagnostic imaging; Dopaminergic Neurons - pathology; Humans; Medical imaging; Mental Disorders - diagnostic imaging; Mental Disorders - pathology; Molecular Imaging - methods; Neurotransmitters; Parkinson Disease - diagnostic imaging; Parkinson Disease - pathology; Parkinson's disease; Positron-Emission Tomography; Radioactive Tracers; Review; Schizophrenia - diagnostic imaging; Schizophrenia - pathology; Substance-Related Disorders - diagnostic imaging; Substance-Related Disorders - pathology; Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon

Dopamine is the most intensely studied monoaminergic neurotransmitter. Dopaminergic neurotransmission plays an important role in regulating several aspects of basic brain function, including motor, behavior, motivation, and working memory. To date, there are numerous positron emission tomography (PE...