Article
Gene x disease interaction on orbitofrontal gray matter in cocaine addiction.
Archives of general psychiatry - 1 Mar 2011
Alia-Klein Nelly, Parvaz Muhammad A, Woicik Patricia A, Konova Anna B, Maloney Thomas, Shumay Elena, Wang Ruiliang, Telang Frank, Biegon Anat, Wang Gene-Jack, Fowler Joanna S, Tomasi Dardo, Volkow Nora D, Goldstein Rita Z
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CONTEXT: Long-term cocaine use has been associated with structural deficits in brain regions having dopamine-receptive neurons. However, the concomitant use of other drugs and common genetic variability in monoamine regulation present additional structural variability. OBJECTIVE: To examine variations in gray matter volume (GMV) as a function of lifetime drug use and the genotype of the monoamine oxidase A gene,...
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