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Use of positron emission tomography to study cocaine in the human brain
N D Volkow1, J S Fowler, A P Wolf
1Medical Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973.
NIDA Research Monograph
|January 1, 1991
Abstract:
It is feasible to directly image and measure the concentration of different drugs of abuse and their consequences on regional brain function and neurotransmitter activity with PET. Although PET is a relatively new technique, it already is proving to be useful in disclosing the mechanisms of toxicity reinforcement and addition of drugs of abuse.