Dopamine D2 receptor availability is associated with subjective responses to alcohol

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 965-970

  Yoder, Karmen K ^a,c   Kareken, David A ^a   Seyoum, Regat A ^a   O'Connor, Sean J ^a   Wang, Chunzhi ^a   Zheng, Qi Huang ^a   Mock, Bruce ^a   Morris, Evan D ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; D2 Receptor; Positron Emission Tomography; Raclopride; Subjective Perceptions

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CARBON 11; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; RACLOPRIDE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MESOLIMBIC DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PHARMACODYNAMICS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; CALCIUM RADIOISOTOPES; DOPAMINE; EMOTIONS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PERCEPTION; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RACLOPRIDE; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2;

EID: 21644431608     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ALC.0000171041.32716.42     Document Type: Article

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