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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2007 Nov 15.
Published in final edited form as: J Nucl Med. 2002 May;43(5):678–692.

TABLE 2.

Regional DV Values After Injection of (+)-11C-McN5652 or 11C-DASB

Radioligand* Pons MB Hypo Thalamus Put Cd FC PC TC CC OC Cereb
11C-McN5652
 Control 29.4 ± 1.4 40.2 ± 2.7 46.1 ± 2.6 33.4 ± 1.2 23.6 ± 1.3 22.0 ± 1.4 12.9 ± 0.3 14.4 ± 0.5 15.5 ± 0.2 14.9 ± 0.5 14.3 ± 0.2 13.7 ± 0.3
 MDMA 17.4 ± 1.2†‡ 22.5 ± 2.5† 21.2 ± 2.4†‡ 14.4 ± 0.6†‡ 11.2 ± 0.7†‡ 11.8 ± 0.9†‡  8.2 ± 0.6†‡  8.6 ± 0.4†‡ 10.0 ± 0.8†‡  9.2 ± 0.3†‡  8.4 ± 0.4†‡  8.7 ± 0.4†‡
 Paroxetine 14.8 ± 3.2† 15.3 ± 2.7†‡ 15.3 ± 2.8† 16.9 ± 3.3† 18.3 ± 3.6 16.7 ± 3.1 13.2 ± 2.2 14.3 ± 2.4 15.1 ± 1.8 13.5 ± 2.5 14.3 ± 2.4 13.0 ± 2.3
11C-DASB
 Control 46.2 ± 11.1 71.3 ± 14.8 79.8 ± 11.2 45.5 ± 4.5 22.2 ± 3.3 27.5 ± 2.7 9.8 ± 1.3 9.2 ± 1.0 11.6 ± 1.4 11.5 ± 1.4 9.0 ± 0.9 9.2 ± 0.7
 MDMA 26.5 ± 2.7 31.3 ± 1.4 31.3 ± 5.6† 15.9 ± 1†‡  8.9 ± 0.9† 11.5 ± 0.9† 6.1 ± 0.2 5.9 ± 0.3†  7.2 ± 0.7  6.9 ± 0.3† 6.0 ± 0.3† 6.3 ± 0.4†
 Paroxetine  7.7 ± 0.8†∥  7.9 ± 0.8†∥  8 ± 0.8†‡∥  8.3 ± 0.6†‡∥  7.9 ± 0.6†  7.6 ± 0.7†‡∥ 6.9 ± 0.7 7.3 ± 0.5  7.4 ± 0.6  7.1 ± 0.6† 7.3 ± 0.5 6.9 ± 0.7
*

Each radioligand was tested 3 times in control baboon or different baboon lesioned previously with serotonergic neurotoxin MDMA.

†

Designates significant difference from control (ANOVA without correction for multiple comparisons).

‡

Designates significant difference from control (ANOVA with correction for multiple comparisons).

∥

Designates significant difference from MDMA (ANOVA without correction for multiple comparisons).

MB = midbrain; Hypo = hypothalamus; Put = putamen; Cd = caudate; FC = frontal cortex; PC = parietal cortex; TC = temporal cortex; CC = cingulate cortex; OC = occipital cortex; Cereb = cerebellum.

Values represent mean ± SD (n = 3).