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Striatal dopamine release and family history of alcoholism.
Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research - 1 Jul 2006
Munro Cynthia A, McCaul Mary E, Oswald Lynn M, Wong Dean F, Zhou Yun, Brasic James, Kuwabara Hiroto, Kumar Anil, Alexander Mohab, Ye Weiguo, Wand Gary S
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BACKGROUND: The offspring of alcohol-dependent individuals are at increased risk for alcoholism. The present study was designed to determine whether mesolimbic dopamine binding potential (BP), dopamine release, stress hormones, and subjective responses to intravenous amphetamine are different in nonalcoholic offspring from families with a history of alcohol dependence [family history positive (FHP)] than in...
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