title: From rats to humans and return: testing addiction hypotheses by combined PET imaging and self-reported measures of psychostimulant effects. Commentary on Volkow et al. 'Role of dopamine in drug reinforcement and addiction in humans: results from imaging studies'.
authors.affiliation: Department of Toxicology, University of Cagliari, V.Ospedale 42, 09124 Cagliari, Italy. diptoss@tin.it
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Di Chiara
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001923:Brain Chemistry / Q000187:drug effects; D000697:Central Nervous System Stimulants; D019970:Cocaine-Related Disorders / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism / Q000523:psychology; D004298:Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D050483:Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins; D006801:Humans; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D049990:Membrane Transport Modulators; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D051381:Rats; D012201:Reward; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000378:metabolism*; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed
chemical_list: D000697:Central Nervous System Stimulants; D050483:Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D049990:Membrane Transport Modulators; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D004298:Dopamine