A PET study on the acute effect of ethanol on striatal D2 dopamine receptors with [11C]raclopride in healthy males

Human Psychopharmacology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 145-152

  Salonen, Iiris ^a,d   Hietala, Jarmo ^b   Laihinen, Arto ^c   Lehikoinen, Pertti ^c   Leino, Lasse ^a   Någren, Kjell ^c   Ruotsalainen, Ulla ^c   Oikonen, Vesa ^c   Tuokkola, Terhi ^c   Näntö, Veikko ^b  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c TURKU PET CENTRE   (Finland)

^d KYMENLAAKSO CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

dopamine; ethanol; PET; raclopride; striatum

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; RACLOPRIDE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BINDING KINETICS; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRIATE CORTEX;

EID: 8244264680     PISSN: 08856222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1077(199703/04)12:2<145::AID-HUP851>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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