OBJECTIVE: Alcohol and other drugs of abuse stimulate dopamine release in the ventral
striatum, which includes the nucleus accumbens, a core region of the brain reward system, and …

Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) is a transmembrane protein with significantly
increased expression in the cells and metastases of prostate carcinoma (CaP). PSMA-…

OBJECTIVE: In abstinent alcoholic patients, a low availability of dopamine D 2/3 receptors
in the ventral striatum and adjacent putamen was associated with a high level of craving for …

In the HD15 trial of the German Hodgkin Study Group, the negative predictive value (NPV)
of positron emission tomography (PET) using [ 18 F]-fluorodeoxyglucose in advanced-stage …

Background With increasingly precise radiotherapy and advanced medical imaging, the
concept of radiotherapy target volume planning might be redefined with the aim of improving …

Objective: All drugs of abuse induce a phasic dopamine release within the striatum that does
not undergo habituation. Prolonged substance consumption impairs the natural function of …

… Author links open overlay panel Euphrosyne Gouzoulis-Mayfrank MD a , Mathias
Schreckenberger MD b c , Osama Sabri MD b , Christoph Arning b , Bernhard Thelen MD a , Manfred …

Background: Purpose of this study was to investigate the functional relationship between
electroencephalographic (EEG) alpha power and cerebral glucose metabolism before and after …

To determine how opiate receptor distribution is co-localized with the distribution of nociceptive
areas in the human brain, eleven male healthy volunteers underwent one PET scan with …

OBJECTIVES: Detection of disease activity in Crohn's disease (CD) is of crucial importance
for diagnosis and management of the disease. Noninvasive methods for monitoring are …