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Serotonergic function in cocaine addicts: prolactin responses to sequential D,L-fenfluramine challenges.
Biological psychiatry - 15 May 1999
Buydens-Branchey L, Branchey M, Hudson J, Rothman M, Fergeson P, McKernin C
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BACKGROUND: Preclinical studies have shown that cocaine produces alterations in serotonergic function but our knowledge of the serotonergic alterations due to cocaine abuse in humans is still fragmentary. We therefore assessed the central serotonergic responsivity of cocaine addicts and control subjects by neuroendocrine challenges with the serotonin releaser and reuptake inhibitor D,L-fenfluramine (FEN)....
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