Education & Concurrent Positions

• Intern, Kaohsiung Medical College, 1979-1980.
• M.D. Kaohsiung Medical College, 1980.
• Medical Officer, Army Clinics, Taiwan, 1980-1982.
• Research Assistant, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, 1983-1984.
• M.H.S. Johns Hopkins University, 1984.
• Nuclear Medicine Resident, Univ. Missouri, 1984-1986.
• Hematology Fellow, Albany Medical College, 1986-1988.
• Nuclear Radiology Fellow, SUNY-SB, 1988-1990.
• Research Collaborator, BNL, 1988-1990.
• Assistant Scientist, BNL, 1990-1992.
• Associate Scientist, BNL, 1992-1995.
• Scientist, BNL, 1995-present.
• Assistant Professor of Radiology, SUNY-SB, 1992-1999.
• Associate Chief of Staff, CRC, BNL, 1996-1998.
• Chief of Staff, CRC, BNL, 1998-1999.
• Research Associate Professor of Radiology, SUNY-SB, 1999-present.
• Interim Chair, Medical Department, BNL, 1999-present.

Selected Publications

• Thanos P.K., Michaelides M., Piyis Y.K., Wang G.J. and Volkow N.D.  Food restriction markedly increases dopamine D2 receptor (D2R) in a rat model of obesity as assessed with in-vivo muPET imaging ([11C] raclopride) and in-vitro ([3H] spiperone) autoradiography. Synapse, 2008; 62(1):50-61.
PubMed
• Tomer R., Goldstein R.Z., Wang G.J., Wong C. and Volkow N.D.  Incentive motivation is associated with striatal dopamine asymmetry. Biol Psychol., 2008; 77(1):98-101. Epub 2007 Aug 15.
PubMed
• Volkow N.D., Wang G.J., Telang F., Fowler J.S., Logan J., Childress A.R., Jayne M., Ma Y. and Wong C. Dopamine increases in striatum do not elicit craving in cocaine abusers unless they are coupled with cocaine cues. Neuroimage, 2008; 39(3):1266-1273. Epub 2007 Oct 11.
PubMed
• Alia-Klein N., Goldstein R.Z., Tomasi D., Zhang L., Fagin-Jones S., Telang F., Wang G.J., Fowler J.S. and Volkow N.D.  What is in a word? No versus Yes differentially engage the lateral orbitofrontal cortex. Emotion, 2007 Aug;7(3):649-659. Erratum in: Emotion. 2007 Nov;7(4):735.
PubMed
• Alia-Klein N., Kriplani A., Logan J., Williams B., Zhu W., Craig I.W., Telang F., Goldstein R., Volkow N.D., Vaska P. and Wang G.J.  Evidence that brain MAO A activity does not correspond to MAO A genotype in healthy male subjects. Biol. Psychiatry, 2007; 62(4):355-358. Epub 2006 Dec 4.
PubMed
• Logan J., Wang G.J., Telang F., Fowler J.S., Alexoff D., Zabroski J., Jayne M., Hubbard B., King P., Carter P., Shea C., Xu Y., Muench L., Schlyer D., Learned-Coughlin S., Cosson V., Volkow N.D. and Ding Y.S.  Imaging the norepinephrine transporter in humans with (S,S)-[11C]O-methyl reboxetine and PET: problems and progress. Nucl Med Biol., 2007; 34(6):667-679. Epub 2007 Jun 8.
PubMed
• Thanos P.K., Michaelides M., Benveniste H., Wang G.J. and Volkow N.D.  Effects of chronic oral methylphenidate on cocaine self-administration and striatal dopamine D2 receptors in rodents. Pharmacol Biochem Behav., 2007; 87(4):426-433. Epub 2007 Jun 5.
PubMed
• Volkow N.D., Fowler J.S., Wang G.J., Swanson J.M. and Telang F.  Dopamine in drug abuse and addiction: results of imaging studies and treatment implications. Arch Neurol., 2007; 64(11):1575-1579.
PubMed
• Volkow N.D., Wang G.J., Fowler J.S., Telang F., Jayne M. and Wong C.  Stimulant-induced enhanced sexual desire as a potential contributing factor in HIV transmission. Am. J. Psychiatry, 2007; 164(1):157-160.
PubMed
• Volkow N.D., Wang G.J., Newcorn J., Fowler J.S., Telang F., Solanto M.V., Logan J., Wong C., Ma Y., Swanson J.M., Schulz K. and Pradhan K.  Brain dopamine transporter levels in treatment and drug naïve adults with ADHD. Neuroimage, 2007; 34(3):1182-90. Epub 2006 Nov 27.
PubMed
• Volkow N.D., Wang G.J., Newcorn J., Telang F., Solanto M.V., Fowler J.S., Logan J., Ma Y., Schulz K., Pradhan K., Wong C. and Swanson J.M.  Depressed dopamine activity in caudate and preliminary evidence of limbic involvement in adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Arch Gen Psychiatry, 2007; 64(8):932-940.
PubMed
• Volkow N.D., Wang G.J., Telang F., Fowler J.S., Logan J., Jayne M., Ma Y., Pradhan K. and Wong C.  Profound decreases in dopamine release in striatum in detoxified alcoholics: possible orbitofrontal involvement. J. Neurosci., 2007; 27(46):12700-12706.
PubMed
• Wang G.J., Tomasi D., Backus W., Wang R., Telang F., Geliebter A., Korner J., Bauman A., Fowler J.S., Thanos P.K. and Volkow N.D.  Gastric distention activates satiety circuitry in the human brain. Neuroimage, 2007 Nov 22 [Epub ahead of print]
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