Bromocriptine in the treatment of alcoholics with the D2 dopamine receptor A1 allele.

doi:10.1038/nm0495-337

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Bromocriptine in the treatment of alcoholics with the D2 dopamine receptor A1 allele.

Nature medicine - 1 Apr 1995

Lawford B R, Young R M, Rowell J A, Qualichefski J, Fletcher B H, Syndulko K, Ritchie T, Noble E P

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Various types of alcoholics have been described and heredity has been shown to be involved in some of these types. An important role of the mesolimbic dopamine system has been suggested in the reinforcing effects of alcohol and recent molecular genetic studies are implicating the gene for the D2...

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Adult
Alcoholism
Alleles
Bromocriptine
DNA
Dopamine Agonists
Double-Blind Method
Female
Genotype
Humans
Male
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Receptors, Dopamine D2

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