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Initial evidence that OPRM1 genotype moderates ventral and dorsal striatum functional connectivity during alcohol cues.
Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research - 1 Jan 2014
Ray Lara A, Courtney Kelly E, Hutchison Kent E, Mackillop James, Galvan Adriana, Ghahremani Dara G
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BACKGROUND: Endogenous opioids and striatal dopamine have been implicated in cue-induced alcohol craving and have been hypothesized to play a role in goal-directed, as opposed to habitual, alcohol use. This initial study examines dorsal and ventral striatal functional connectivity during alcohol-cue processing as a function of the A118G single-nucleotide polymorphism of the mu-opioid receptor (OPRM1) gene....
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