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Peripheral Expression of Dopamine Genes as a Biomarker for Cocaine Addiction in Humans.
European addiction research - 1 Jan 2026
Kigar Stacey L, Lim Tsen Vei, Turner Lorinda, Bullmore Edward T, Ersche Karen D
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<p>Introduction: Objective measures for the severity of addiction are needed to identify and appropriately stratify patients into effective treatment groups for intervention and recovery. Our aim was to determine if blood-derived, dopamine-related biomarkers hold predictive validity in patients with cocaine use disorder (CUD). METHODS: A total of 349 participants (163 patients with moderate-to-severe CUD and 186...
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