Methylphenidate Decreased the Amount of Glucose Needed by the Brain to Perform a Cognitive Task

• Nora D. Volkow ,

  *To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: nvolkow@nida.nih.gov

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

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• Joanna S. Fowler,

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

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• Gene-Jack Wang,

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

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• Frank Telang,

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

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• Jean Logan,

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

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• Christopher Wong,

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

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• Jim Ma,

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

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• Kith Pradhan,

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

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• Helene Benveniste,

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

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• James M. Swanson

  Affiliation Child Development Center, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

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