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Dopamine receptor D1 and postsynaptic density gene variants associate with opiate abuse and striatal expression levels.
Molecular psychiatry - 1 Nov 2013
Jacobs M M, Ökvist A, Horvath M, Keller E, Bannon M J, Morgello S, Hurd Y L
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Opioid drugs are highly addictive and their abuse has a strong genetic load. Dopamine-glutamate interactions are hypothesized to be important for regulating neural systems central for addiction vulnerability. Balanced dopamine-glutamate interaction is mediated through several functional associations, including a physical link between discs, large homolog 4 (Drosophila) (DLG4, PSD-95) and dopamine receptor 1...
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