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B Sadzot

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Imaging opiate receptors in the human brain with positron emission tomography. Potential applications for drug addiction research.

Positron emission tomography (PET) has been used mostly for the study of brain blood flow and metabolism in normal controls and in a variety of neurological and psychiatric conditions. With the appropriate radiotracers, PET also allows non-invasive imaging and quantification of a growing list of neuroreceptors. 11C-carfentanil and 11C-diprenorphine, 2 potent opiate ligands, have been used to label opiate receptors in vivo in man. Some advantages and limitations of this technique are discussed. PET is a unique tool that could help us understand, at the receptor level, some biochemical aspects of addiction to opiate drugs. Specific questions can be answered, but carefully designed protocols are required.

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Pain and opiate receptors: considerations for the design of positron emission tomography studies.

Opiate receptors in the brain are the target of endogenous opioids and of exogenous synthetic opiates. These receptors play a major role in the modulation of pain perception. Using the appropriate ligands, positron emission tomography now allows investigators to monitor neuroreceptors in vivo. We have used (11)C-diprenorphine and the extremely potent mu opiate receptor agonist, (11)C-carfentanil, to image the distribution of opiate receptors in the brain and to quantify their density, their affinity, and their occupancy. Several important aspects of the in vivo opiate receptor labeling with positron emission tomography in relation to the study of pain are considered in this paper. Monitoring receptor occupancy by opiate drugs as a function of pain relief has the potential to reveal better ways to treat pain.

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