Fallypride is a high affinity dopamine D2/D3
receptor antagonist
A receptor antagonist is a type of receptor ligand or drug that blocks or dampens a biological response by binding to and blocking a receptor rather than activating it like an agonist. Antagonist drugs interfere in the natural operation of rece ...
used in medical research, usually in the form of fallypride (
18F) as a
positron emission tomography
Positron emission tomography (PET) is a functional imaging technique that uses radioactive substances known as radiotracers to visualize and measure changes in Metabolism, metabolic processes, and in other physiological activities including bl ...
(PET)
radiotracer in human studies.
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Typical antipsychotics
Benzamides
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D2 antagonists
Radiopharmaceuticals
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