Dopamine D2 receptors and transporters in type 1 and 2 alcoholics measured with human whole hemisphere autoradiography

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 91-102

  Tupala, Erkki ^a   Hall, Håkan ^b   Bergström, Kim ^c   Mantere, Tuija ^a,d   Räsänen, Pirkko ^e   Särkioja, Terttu ^e   Tiihonen, Jari ^a,d,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c MAP Medical Technologies Oy   (Finland)

^d KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alcohol induced disorders; Alcoholism; Autoradiography; Dopamine; Ethanol induced nervous system disorders; Human brain; Receptors; Transporters

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER; EPIDEPRIDE; IODINE 125; RADIOLIGAND; CARRIER PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN; SLC6A3 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BINDING SITE; BRAIN MAPPING; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FINLAND; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PATHOGENESIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; RECEPTOR BINDING; RECEPTOR DENSITY; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN BINDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN; DOPAMINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2;

EID: 0141885157     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.10129     Document Type: Article

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