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 rec ...
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 metabolic processes, and in other physiological activities including blood flow, r ...
(PET)
radiotracer in human studies.
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Typical antipsychotics
Benzamides
Pyrrolidines
Phenol ethers
D2 antagonists
Radiopharmaceuticals
Allylamines
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