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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]).