Reduced dopaminergic function in alcoholics is related to severe dependence

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 193-198

  Schmidt, Lutz G ^a,b   Dettling, Michael ^a   Graef, Klaus Jürgen ^a   Heinz, Andreas ^a   Kuhn, Silke ^a   Podschus, Jan ^a   Rommelspacher, Hans ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Apomorphine; Dependence syndrome; Dopamine; Growth hormone; Neuroendocrinology; Relapse

Indexed keywords

APOMORPHINE; DOPAMINE; GROWTH HORMONE;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; DETOXIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0029975958     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-3223(95)00078-X     Document Type: Article

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