title: Left-right asymmetry of striatal dopamine D2 receptors.
abstract: Brain functions may be lateralized to the right or the left hemisphere. However, the biochemical characteristics accompanying these functions are largely unknown. To test possible lateralization of striatal dopamine D2 receptors, we examined 18 volunteers using 123I-iodobenzamide and single photon emission tomography. The striatum-to-cerebellum D2 binding ratio was 1.93 +/- 0.22 (mean +/- S.D.) on the right side and 1.85 +/- 0.19 on the left side. In 14 subjects, D2 binding was higher in the right compared to the left striatum (P < 0.05). These results are supported by a meta-analysis performed on 15 studies reported in the literature. We conclude that side differences of striatal dopamine D2 receptors exist. We propose that motor activity could be responsible for our findings.
authors.affiliation: Clinic for Nuclear Medicine, University of Dusseldorf, Germany.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Larisch
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Klimke
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kehren
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Vosberg
authors.forename: H W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Müller-Gärtner
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000378:metabolism; D001549:Benzamides; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011759:Pyrrolidines; D017448:Receptors, Dopamine D2 / Q000378:metabolism*; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
chemical_list: D001549:Benzamides; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D011759:Pyrrolidines; D017448:Receptors, Dopamine D2; C055743:3-iodo-2-hydroxy-6-methoxy-N-((1-ethyl-2-pyrrolidinyl)methyl)benzamide