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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 4.

Regional k2 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 0.10 ± 0.00 0.06 ± 0.00 0.07 ± 0.01 0.08 ± 0.01 0.10 ± 0.00 0.10 ± 0.02 0.18 ± 0.01 0.19 ± 0.01 0.15 ± 0.01 0.15 ± 0.01 0.21 ± 0.02 0.21 ± 0.02
 MDMA 0.15 ± 0.04 0.11 ± 0.03 0.13 ± 0.02 0.19 ± 0.01 0.24 ± 0.02 0.18 ± 0.02 0.30 ± 0.03 0.36 ± 0.03 0.23 ± 0.01 0.32 ± 0.03 0.42 ± 0.02 0.35 ± 0.03
 Paroxetine 0.19 ± 0.04 0.17 ± 0.02 0.20 ± 0.03 0.18 ± 0.02 0.18 ± 0.01 0.17 ± 0.01 0.18 ± 0.03 0.20 ± 0.03 0.14 ± 0.01 0.19 ± 0.02 0.21 ± 0.02 0.23 ± 0.03
11C-DASB
 Control 0.08 ± 0.03 0.05 ± 0.02 0.05 ± 0.01 0.07 ± 0.02 0.13 ± 0.03 0.10 ± 0.01 0.28 ± 0.07 0.34 ± 0.04 0.24 ± 0.03 0.24 ± 0.05 0.38 ± 0.06 0.40 ± 0.04
 MDMA 0.11 ± 0.02 0.09 ± 0.00 0.11 ± 0.02 0.20 ± 0.00 0.31 ± 0.03 0.22 ± 0.02 0.45 ± 0.09 0.56 ± 0.07 0.34 ± 0.04 0.43 ± 0.06 0.61 ± 0.03 0.53 ± 0.05
 Paroxetine 0.51 ± 0.03 0.45 ± 0.02 0.54 ± 0.02 0.52 ± 0.03 0.59 ± 0.06 0.61 ± 0.06 0.51 ± 0.05 0.54 ± 0.05 0.37 ± 0.03 0.52 ± 0.04 0.58 ± 0.06 0.68 ± 0.04
*

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).

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 k2 × 10 (mean ± SD [n = 3]).

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