CocaineDopamine: Effects of Cocaine on Dopamine Receptors

In kmiddleton/abd: The Analysis of Biological Data

Effects of Cocaine on Dopamine Receptors

Description

Percent of dopamine receptors blocked (percent.bocked) and the perceived level of high as determined by PET scans (high) in 34 humans.

Usage

CocaineDopamine

Format

A data frame with 34 observations on the following 2 variables.

percent.blocked

a numeric vector

high

a numeric vector

Source

Volkow, N.D., G.-J. Wang, R.W. Foltin, J.S. Fowler, N.N. Abumrad, S. Vitkun, J. Logan, S.J. Gatley, N. Pappas, R. Hitzemann, and C.E. Shea. 1997. Relationship between subjective effects of cocaine and dopamine transporter occupancy. Nature 386: 827-830.

References

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v386/n6627/abs/386827a0.html

Examples

str(CocaineDopamine)
xyplot(high ~ percent.blocked, CocaineDopamine)

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