Metabolic changes in the rodent brain after acute administration of salvinorin A.
Molecular imaging and biology 2009 Jacob M Hooker, Vinal Patel, Shiva Kothari et al.
Salvinorin A (SA) is a potent and highly selective kappa-opioid receptor (KOR) agonist with rapid kinetics and commensurate behavioral effects; however, brain regions associated with these effects have not been determined. Freely moving adult male rats were given SA intraperitoneally during uptake and trapping of the brain metabolic radiotracer, 2-deoxy-2-[F-18]fluoro-D: -glucose (FDG),...