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ARTICLE, Behavioral/Systems

Loss of Dopamine Transporters in Methamphetamine Abusers Recovers with Protracted Abstinence

Nora D. Volkow, Linda Chang, Gene-Jack Wang, Joanna S. Fowler, Dinko Franceschi, Mark Sedler, Samuel J. Gatley, Eric Miller, Robert Hitzemann, Yu-Shin Ding and Jean Logan
Journal of Neuroscience 1 December 2001, 21 (23) 9414-9418; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.21-23-09414.2001
Nora D. Volkow
1Medical and
3Department of Psychiatry, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York 11794, and
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Linda Chang
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3Department of Psychiatry, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York 11794, and
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Gene-Jack Wang
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Joanna S. Fowler
2Chemistry Departments, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973,
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Dinko Franceschi
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Mark Sedler
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Samuel J. Gatley
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Eric Miller
4Department of Psychiatry, Harbor–University of California, Los Angeles, Torrance, California 90502
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Robert Hitzemann
3Department of Psychiatry, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York 11794, and
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Yu-Shin Ding
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DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.21-23-09414.2001
PubMed 
11717374
Published By 
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History 
  • Received August 8, 2001
  • Revision received September 13, 2001
  • Accepted September 19, 2001
  • First published December 1, 2001.
  • Version of record published December 1, 2001.
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  1. Nora D. Volkow1,3,
  2. Linda Chang1,3,
  3. Gene-Jack Wang1,
  4. Joanna S. Fowler2,
  5. Dinko Franceschi1,
  6. Mark Sedler3,
  7. Samuel J. Gatley1,
  8. Eric Miller4,
  9. Robert Hitzemann3,
  10. Yu-Shin Ding1, and
  11. Jean Logan1
  1. 1Medical and
  2. 2Chemistry Departments, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973,
  3. 3Department of Psychiatry, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York 11794, and
  4. 4Department of Psychiatry, Harbor–University of California, Los Angeles, Torrance, California 90502
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Disclosures

    • Received August 8, 2001.
    • Revision received September 13, 2001.
    • Accepted September 19, 2001.
  • This research was performed at Brookhaven National Laboratory and was supported by United States Department of Energy Office of Biological and Environmental Research Grant DE-AC02-98CH10886, National Institute on Drug Abuse Grants DA06891, DA7092-01, and DA00280, General Clinical Research Center (GCRC) at Harbor–University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center National Institutes of Health Grant MO1RR 00425, GCRC at University Hospital Stony Brook National Institutes of Health Grant MO1RR 10710, and the Office of National Drug Control Policy. We thank D. Schlyer and R. Carciello for Cyclotron operations, D. Warner for PET operations, C. Wong for data management, R. Ferrieri, C. Shea, R. MacGregor, V. Garza, and P. King for radiotracer preparation and analysis, and N. Pappas, N. Netusil, and Pauline Carter for patient care.

    Correspondence should be addressed to Nora D. Volkow, Medical Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973. E-mail:volkow{at}bnl.gov.

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Loss of Dopamine Transporters in Methamphetamine Abusers Recovers with Protracted Abstinence
Nora D. Volkow, Linda Chang, Gene-Jack Wang, Joanna S. Fowler, Dinko Franceschi, Mark Sedler, Samuel J. Gatley, Eric Miller, Robert Hitzemann, Yu-Shin Ding, Jean Logan
Journal of Neuroscience 1 December 2001, 21 (23) 9414-9418; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.21-23-09414.2001

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Journal of Neuroscience 1 December 2001, 21 (23) 9414-9418; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.21-23-09414.2001
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