Dopamine D2 and D3 binding in people at clinical high risk for schizophrenia, antipsychotic-naive patients and healthy controls while performing a cognitive task

I Suridjan, P Rusjan, J Addington, AA Wilson… - Journal of Psychiatry and …, 2013 - jpn.ca
Background: The dopamine (DA) D 2 receptors exist in 2 states: a high-affinity state (D 2
high) that is linked to second messenger systems, responsible for functional effects, exhibits …

[HTML][HTML] The dopamine D2 receptors in high-affinity state and D3 receptors in schizophrenia: a clinical [11C]-(+)-PHNO PET study

A Graff-Guerrero, R Mizrahi, O Agid, H Marcon… - …, 2009 - nature.com
The dopamine D 2 receptors exist in two states: a high-affinity state (D 2 high) that is linked
to second messenger systems, is responsible for functional effects, and exhibits high affinity …

Affinity states of striatal dopamine D2 receptors in antipsychotic-free patients with schizophrenia

M Kubota, T Nagashima, H Takano… - International Journal …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Background Dopamine D2 receptors are reported to have high-affinity (D2High) and low-
affinity (D2Low) states. Although an increased proportion of D2High has been demonstrated …

Recent evidence for dopamine abnormalities in schizophrenia

A Abi-Dargham - European Psychiatry, 2002 - cambridge.org
Neuroreceptor imaging has been used to examine dopamine function in schizophrenia. The
evidence from PET and SPECT studies suggests that there is excess dopamine release …

[HTML][HTML] Thalamic dopamine D2-receptor availability in schizophrenia: a study on antipsychotic-naive patients with first-episode psychosis and a meta-analysis

P Plavén-Sigray, P Ikonen Victorsson, A Santillo… - Molecular …, 2022 - nature.com
Pharmacological and genetic evidence support a role for an involvement of the dopamine
D2-receptor (D2-R) in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. Previous molecular imaging …

Extrastriatal dopamine D2/3 receptor density and distribution in drug-naive schizophrenic patients

H Tuppurainen, J Kuikka, H Viinamäki… - Molecular …, 2003 - nature.com
Several lines of studies have suggested the importance of cortical dopamine (DA)
transmission in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. The putative alteration of striatal D 2 …

Relationship of frontal D2/3 binding potentials to cognition: a study of antipsychotic-naive schizophrenia patients

B Fagerlund, LH Pinborg, EL Mortensen… - International Journal …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Studies of in vivo dopamine receptors in schizophrenia have mostly focused on D2
receptors in striatal areas or on D1 receptors in cortex. No previous study has examined the …

Dopamine agonist radioligand binds to both D2High and D2Low receptors, explaining why alterations in D2High are not detected in human brain scans

P Seeman - Synapse, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The features of schizophrenia are consistent with increased sensitivity to endogenous
dopamine. Animal models of schizophrenia reveal an increase in the in vitro proportion of …

Selective overexpression of dopamine D3 receptors in the striatum disrupts motivation but not cognition

EH Simpson, V Winiger, DK Biezonski, I Haq… - Biological …, 2014 - Elsevier
Background Evidence indicating an increase in dopamine D2 receptor (D2R) density and
occupancy in patients with schizophrenia comes from positron emission tomography studies …

PET Study of D1 Dopamine Receptor Binding in Neuroleptic-Naive Patients With Schizophrenia

P Karlsson, L Farde, C Halldin… - American Journal of …, 2002 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
OBJECTIVE: Postmortem studies and a positron emission tomography (PET) study have
suggested that there is a disturbance of central D1 dopamine receptor function in …