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Impact of COMT Val158Met-polymorphism on appetitive conditioning and amygdala/prefrontal effective connectivity.
Human brain mapping - 1 Mar 2015
Klucken Tim, Kruse Onno, Wehrum-Osinsky Sina, Hennig Juergen, Schweckendiek Jan, Stark Rudolf
Abstract excerpt
Appetitive conditioning is an important mechanism for the development, maintenance, and treatment of psychiatric disorders like substance abuse. Therefore, it is important to identify genetic variations, which impact appetitive conditioning. It has been suggested that the Val(158) Met-polymorphism in the Catechol-O-Methyl-Transferase (COMT) is associated with the alteration of neural processes of appetitive...
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