About the Authors

Nora D. Volkow

nvolkow@nida.nih.gov

Affiliations National Institute on Drug Abuse, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Laboratory of Neuroimaging, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Gene-Jack Wang

Affiliation Medical Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, United States of America

Dardo Tomasi

Affiliation Laboratory of Neuroimaging, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Frank Telang

Affiliation Laboratory of Neuroimaging, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Joanna S. Fowler

Affiliation Medical Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, United States of America

Kith Pradhan

Affiliation Medical Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, United States of America

Millard Jayne

Affiliation Laboratory of Neuroimaging, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Jean Logan

Affiliation Medical Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, United States of America

Rita Z. Goldstein

Affiliation Medical Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, United States of America

Nelly Alia-Klein

Affiliation Medical Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, United States of America

Christopher Wong

Affiliation Medical Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NDV GJW DT FT JSF JL RZG NAK. Performed the experiments: NDV GJW DT FT JSF MJ JL RZG NAK. Analyzed the data: KP CW. Wrote the paper: NDV.