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Effects of L-DOPA on striatal iodine-123-FP-CIT binding and behavioral parameters in the rat.
Nucl Med Commun
December 2013
aClinic of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Düsseldorf bCenter for Behavioural Neuroscience, Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf cDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Helios Clinic Krefeld GmbH, Krefeld, Germany.
Purpose: The effect of clinical L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (L-DOPA) doses on the binding of [121I]N-Ω-fluoropropyl-2β-carbomethoxy-3β-(4-iodophenyl)nortropane (121[I]FP-CIT) to the rat dopamine transporter (DAT) was investigated using small animal single-photon emission computed tomography.
Materials And Methods: DAT binding was measured at baseline, after challenge with the aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase inhibitor benserazide, and after challenge with either 5 or 10 mg/kg L-DOPA plus benserazide. For baseline and challenges, striatal equilibrium ratios (V3'') were computed as an estimation of the binding potential.