Article
The D2 dopamine receptor gene as a predictor of compulsive disease: Bayes' theorem.
Functional neurology - 1 Jan 2000
Blum K, Wood R C, Braverman E R, Chen T J, Sheridan P J
Abstract excerpt
The dopaminergic system, and in particular the dopamine D2 receptor, has been profoundly implicated in reward mechanisms in the meso-limbic circuitry of the brain. Dysfunction of the D2 dopamine receptors leads to aberrant substance (alcohol, drug, tobacco and food) seeking behavior. Decades of r...
Topics
- Alleles
- Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity
- Bayes Theorem
- Brain
- Cocaine
- Compulsive Behavior
- Ethanol
- Feeding Behavior
- Humans
- Receptors, Dopamine D2
- Severity of Illness Index
- Substance-Related Disorders