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Curious cases: Altered dose-response relationships in addiction genetics.
Pharmacology & therapeutics - 1 Mar 2014
Uhl George R, Drgonova Jana, Hall F Scott
Abstract excerpt
Dose-response relationships for most addictive substances are "inverted U"-shaped. Addictive substances produce both positive features that include reward, euphoria, anxiolysis, withdrawal-relief, and negative features that include aversion, dysphoria, anxiety and withdrawal symptoms. A simple model differentially associates ascending and descending limbs of dose-response curves with rewarding and aversive...
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