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DRD4 VNTR polymorphism is associated with transient fMRI-BOLD responses to smoking cues.
Psychopharmacology - 1 Nov 2007
McClernon F Joseph, Hutchison Kent E, Rose Jed E, Kozink Rachel V
Abstract excerpt
RATIONALE: A dopamine receptor 4 variable number tandem repeat (DRD4 VNTR) polymorphism has been related to reactivity to smoking cues among smokers, but the effect of this genetic variation on brain responses to smoking cues has not been evaluated. OBJECTIVES: The present study evaluated the relationship between carrying the DRD4 VNTR 7-repeat allele and transient functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)...
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