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Dopamine gene predicts the brain's response to dopaminergic drug.
The European journal of neuroscience - 1 Dec 2007
Cohen Michael X, Krohn-Grimberghe Artus, Elger Christian E, Weber Bernd
Abstract excerpt
Dopamine is critical for reward-based decision making, yet dopaminergic drugs can have opposite effects in different individuals. This apparent discrepancy can be accounted for by hypothesizing an 'inverted-U' relationship, whereby the effect of dopamine agents depends on baseline dopamine system functioning. Here, we used functional MRI to test the hypothesis that genetic variation in the expression of dopamine...
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