Marco Leyton, PhD
Primary Axis:
Mental Illness and Addiction
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Research focus is the role of monoamines in mood and motivational states. The studies use a combination of monoamine depletion strategies and functional neuroimaging to investigate the role of catecholamines and serotonin in drug addiction, impulse-control and depression.Dopamine, serotonin, addiction, impulsivity, depression
Keywords:
Dopamine, serotonin, addiction, impulsivity, depression
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Research and Training Building Publications:
Leyton M, Dagher A, Boileau I, Casey K, Baker GB, Diksic M, Gunn R, Young SN, Benkelfat C. Decreasing amphetamine-induced dopamine release by acute phenylalanine/tyrosine depletion: A PET/[11C]raclopride study in healthy men. Neuropsychopharmacology 2004; 29:427-432.
Leyton M, Boileau I, Benkelfat C, Diksic M, Baker GB, Dagher A. Amphetamine-induced increases in extracellular dopamine, drug wanting, and novelty seeking: A PET/[11C]raclopride study in healthy men. Neuropsychopharmacology 2002; 27:1027-1035.
Leyton M, Okazawa H, Diksic M, Paris J, Rosa P, Mzengeza S, Young SN, Blier P, Benkelfat C. Brain regional -[11C]methyl-L-tryptophan trapping in impulsive subjects with borderline personality disorder. American Journal of Psychiatry 2001; 158:775-782.
