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Lack of consistent sex differences in D-amphetamine-induced dopamine release measured with [ 18 F]fallypride PET.
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Psychopharmacology [Psychopharmacology (Berl)] 2019 Feb; Vol. 236 (2), pp. 581-590. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Oct 22. - Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Rationale: Sex differences in the dopaminergic response to psychostimulants could have implications for drug abuse risk and other psychopathology involving the dopamine system, but human data are limited and mixed.<br />Objectives: Here, we sought to investigate sex differences in dopamine release after oral D-amphetamine administration.<br />Methods: We used [ <superscript>18</superscript> F]fallypride positron emission tomography (PET) to measure the change in dopamine D2/3 receptor availability (%ΔBP <subscript>ND</subscript> , an index of dopamine release) between placebo and D-amphetamine sessions in two independent datasets containing a total of 39 females (on either hormonal birth control n = 18, postmenopausal n = 10, or studied in the first 10 days of their menstrual cycle n = 11) and 37 males.<br />Results: Using both a priori anatomical regions of interest based on previous findings and voxelwise analyses, we failed to consistently detect broad sex differences in D-amphetamine-induced dopamine release. Nevertheless, there was limited evidence for greater right ventral striatal dopamine release in young adult males relative to similarly aged females, but this was not consistently observed across samples. Plasma estradiol did not correlate with dopamine release and this measure did not differ in females on and off hormonal birth control.<br />Conclusions: While our finding in young adults from one dataset of greater %ΔBP <subscript>ND</subscript> in males is partially consistent with a previously published study on sex differences in D-amphetamine-induced dopamine release, our data do not support the presence of consistent widespread sex differences in this measure of dopamine release.
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- Adult
Aged
Benzamides
Female
Fluorine Radioisotopes
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Positron-Emission Tomography
Receptors, Dopamine D2 metabolism
Receptors, Dopamine D3 metabolism
Sex Characteristics
Sex Factors
Ventral Striatum diagnostic imaging
Ventral Striatum metabolism
Young Adult
Central Nervous System Stimulants pharmacology
Dextroamphetamine pharmacology
Dopamine metabolism
Receptors, Dopamine D2 drug effects
Receptors, Dopamine D3 drug effects
Ventral Striatum drug effects
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1432-2072
- Volume :
- 236
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Psychopharmacology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 30350220
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-018-5083-5