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The nuclear medicine techniques of positron emission tomography (PET) and single-photon emission tomography (SPECT) are powerful tools for the in vivo elucidation of the neurochemistry and aetiology of neuropsychiatric disorders. Both have played a major role in the advancement of psychopharmacology of psychiatric disorders. It is now over 20 years since functional neuroimaging (using 133Xe inhalation) first contributed to the debate about pathophysiological mechanisms in schizophrenia [1]. Since then, there has been a plethora of studies in neuropsychiatry, with the PET and SPECT techniques playing a central role. New techniques such as multiple organs coincidence counter [2], and ligands for specific receptor subtypes, are likely to increase the application of nuclear medicine in the development of new pharmacotherapies.
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Lingford-Hughes, A. (1998). Psychiatric disorders. In: Maisey, M.N., Britton, K.E., Collier, B.D. (eds) Clinical Nuclear Medicine. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-3356-0_26
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