Spontaneous eye blink rate and dopamine synthesis capacity: Preliminary evidence for an absence of positive correlation
Guillaume Sescousse, Romain Ligneul, Ruth Janke van Holst, Lieneke Katharina Janssen, Femke E. de Boer, Marcel Janssen, Anne S. Berry, William J. Jagust, Roshan Cools
The paper investigates the relationship between spontaneous eye blink rate and striatal dopamine synthesis capacity using PET imaging and finds no positive correlation, suggesting caution in interpreting sEBR as a proxy for dopamine function.
European Journal of Neuroscience · Mar 7, 2018Peer-reviewedNeuroscience