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Reduced brain activation during inhibitory control in children with COMT Val/Val genotype.
Brain and behavior - 1 Dec 2016
Cope Lora M, Hardee Jillian E, Soules Mary E, Burmeister Margit, Zucker Robert A, Heitzeg Mary M
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INTRODUCTION: Behavioral undercontrol is a well-established risk factor for substance use disorder, identifiable at an early age well before the onset of substance use. However, the biological mechanistic structure underlying the behavioral undercontrol/substance use relationship is not well understood. The enzyme catechol O-methyltransferase (COMT) catabolizes dopamine and norepinephrine in the prefrontal cortex...
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