Midbrain presynaptic dopamine tone predicts sustained and transient neural response to emotional salience in humans: fMRI, MEG and FDOPA PET

Mol Psychiatry. 2013 Jan;18(1):4-6. doi: 10.1038/mp.2012.12. Epub 2012 Mar 13.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Brain Mapping*
  • Dihydroxyphenylalanine / analogs & derivatives
  • Dihydroxyphenylalanine / metabolism
  • Dopamine / metabolism*
  • Emotions / physiology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Magnetoencephalography
  • Male
  • Mesencephalon* / blood supply
  • Mesencephalon* / diagnostic imaging
  • Mesencephalon* / physiology
  • Oxygen
  • Photic Stimulation
  • Positron-Emission Tomography
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Presynaptic Terminals / diagnostic imaging
  • Presynaptic Terminals / physiology*

Substances

  • fluorodopa F 18
  • Dihydroxyphenylalanine
  • Oxygen
  • Dopamine