MPH-Induced Changes in Right Frontal Metabolism

J Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-13-2-7

MPH-Induced Changes in Right Frontal Metabolism

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 13 (1999): Issue 2

By: J Gordon Millichap

Open Access

|Feb 1999

Abstract

The effects of methylphenidate (MPH), a drug that increases dopamine, on brain glucose metabolism in 20 cocaine abusers was studied using PET scans and measurements of D2 receptors at the Brookhaven National Laboratory, the State University of New York at Stony Brook, and New York University, NY.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-13-2-7 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 13 - 14

Published on: Feb 1, 1999

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Methylphenidate,

Cerebellum,

Orbitofrontal Cortex

© 1999 J Gordon Millichap, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Volume 13 (1999): Issue 2