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The dopamine D2 receptor mediates approach-avoidance tendencies in smokers.
European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience - 1 Apr 2018
Zlomuzica Armin, Machulska Alla, Roberts Susanna, von Glischinski Michael, Rinck Mike, Lester Kathryn J, Eley Thalia C, Margraf Jürgen
Abstract excerpt
Dopamine D2 receptors (DRD2) have been strongly implicated in reward processing of natural stimuli and drugs. Using the approach-avoidance task (AAT), we recently demonstrated that smokers show an increased approach-bias toward smoking-related cues but not toward naturally rewarding stimuli. Here, we examined the contribution of the DRD2 Taq1B polymorphism to smokers' and non-smokers' responsivity toward smoking...
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