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Common Neurogenetic Diagnosis and Meso-Limbic Manipulation of Hypodopaminergic Function in Reward Deficiency Syndrome (RDS): Changing the Recovery Landscape.
Current neuropharmacology - 1 Jan 2017
Blum Kenneth, Febo Marcelo, Badgaiyan Rajendra D, Demetrovics Zsolt, Simpatico Thomas, Fahlke Claudia, M Oscar-Berman, Li Mona, Dushaj Kristina, Gold Mark S
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BACKGROUND: In 1990, Blum and associates provided the first confirmed genetic link between the DRD2 polymorphisms and alcoholism. This finding was based on an earlier conceptual framework, which served as a blueprint for their seminal genetic association discovery they termed "Brain Reward Cascade." These findings were followed by a new way of understanding all addictive behaviors (substance and non-substance)...
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