Jay D Amsterdam1, Andrew B Newberg. 1. Department of Psychiatry, The Depression Research Unit, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. jamsterd@mail.med.upenn.edu
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: We examined striatal dopamine transporter (DAT) binding in bipolar and unipolar depressed patients and compared these values to those obtained from healthy control subjects using the selective DAT radioligand [(99m)Tc]TRODAT-1 and single photon emission computed tomography imaging. We hypothesized that DAT levels might be higher in bipolar versus unipolar patients. METHODS: [(99m)Tc]TRODAT-1 scans were acquired from 5 bipolar and 10 unipolar patients and from 46 healthy controls. Distribution volume ratio (DVR) of [(99m)Tc]TRODAT-1 binding affinity was calculated for regions of interest in the striatum. RESULTS: Bipolar patients had greater DVR values compared to controls in the right posterior putamen (p = 0.001) and in the left caudate region (p = 0.007). Bipolar patients had modestly lower DAT binding in all brain regions examined, and a significantly lower DVR in the right caudate region compared to unipolar patients (p = 0.05). CONCLUSION: These data suggest that striatal DAT density may be increased in bipolar and unipolar depressed patients compared to controls, and that bipolar and unipolar depressed patients may have a different pattern of striatal DAT binding. (c) 2007 S. Karger AG, Basel.
OBJECTIVE: We examined striatal dopamine transporter (DAT) binding in bipolar and unipolar depressedpatients and compared these values to those obtained from healthy control subjects using the selective DAT radioligand [(99m)Tc]TRODAT-1 and single photon emission computed tomography imaging. We hypothesized that DAT levels might be higher in bipolar versus unipolarpatients. METHODS: [(99m)Tc]TRODAT-1 scans were acquired from 5 bipolar and 10 unipolar patients and from 46 healthy controls. Distribution volume ratio (DVR) of [(99m)Tc]TRODAT-1 binding affinity was calculated for regions of interest in the striatum. RESULTS:Bipolarpatients had greater DVR values compared to controls in the right posterior putamen (p = 0.001) and in the left caudate region (p = 0.007). Bipolarpatients had modestly lower DAT binding in all brain regions examined, and a significantly lower DVR in the right caudate region compared to unipolar patients (p = 0.05). CONCLUSION: These data suggest that striatal DAT density may be increased in bipolar and unipolar depressedpatients compared to controls, and that bipolar and unipolar depressedpatients may have a different pattern of striatal DAT binding. (c) 2007 S. Karger AG, Basel.
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