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Regional brain [(11)C]carfentanil binding following tobacco smoking.
Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry - 3 Jun 2015
Domino Edward F, Hirasawa-Fujita Mika, Ni Lisong, Guthrie Sally K, Zubieta Jon Kar
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To determine if overnight tobacco abstinent carriers of the AG or GG (*G) vs. the AA variant of the human mu opioid receptor (OPRM1) A118G polymorphism (rs1799971) differ in [(11)C]carfentanil binding after tobacco smoking. METHODS: Twenty healthy American male smokers who abstained from tobacco overnight were genotyped and completed positron emission tomography (PET) scans with the mu opioid receptor...
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