Imaging neurotransmitter interactions with PET and fMRI

Stephen Dewey, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist
Chemistry Department
Brookhaven National Laboratory
B.S. Biology, Fairleigh Dickinson University, 1981
Ph.D. Anatomy, University of Iowa, 1985

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Selected Publications

• Gerasimov MR, Franceschi M, Volkow ND, Rice O, Schiffer WK & Dewey SL. (2000) Synergistic interactions between nicotine and cocaine on methylphenidate depend on the dose of dopamine transporter inhibitor. Synapse 38: 432-437
  
  
• Gerasimov MR, Schiffer WK, Marsteller DA, Ashby C, Gardner EL, Lennon IC, Taylor S, Brodie JB, Dewey SL. (2001) GABAergic blockade of cocaine-associated cue-induced increase in nucleus accumbens dopamine. Eur J Pharm 414: 205-209.
  
  
• Schiffer WK, Gerasimov MR, Brodie JD, Logan J, Fowler JS, Ashby CR, Alexoff DL and Dewey SL. (2001) g-vinyl GABA modulates striatal NMDA antagonist-induced dopamine release: A PET investigation in non-human primates. Psychopharmacology (in press)
  
  
• Ashby CR, Horan B, Schiffer WK, Brodie JD, Dewey SL and Gardner, EL. (2001) Gamma-vinyl GABA (GVG) an irreversible inhibitor of GABA transaminase, attenuates cocaine-induced sensitization in rats. J Pharm Exp Ther (in press)
  
  
• Gerasimov MR, Schiffer WK, Marsteller DA, Ferrieri R, and Dewey SL. (2001) Psychostimulants modulate toluene’s effects on NAcc and PFC dopamine. Drug Alcohol Depend (in press)
  
  
• Schiffer WK, Gerasimov MR, Marsteller DA, Ashby CR, Brodie JD and Dewey SL. (2001). Topiramate selectively attenuates nicotine-induced increases in monoamine release. Eur J Pharm (in press)