Alcohol consumption induces endogenous opioid release in the human orbitofrontal cortex and nucleus accumbens

Science Translational Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 116, 2012, Pages

  Mitchell, Jennifer M ^a,b   O'Neil, James P ^c   Janabi, Mustafa ^c   Marks, Shawn M ^c,d   Jagust, William J ^c,d   Fields, Howard L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARFENTANIL C 11; OPIATE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALCOHOL; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; OPIATE PEPTIDE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; ISOTOPE LABELING; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEUROSECRETION; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; ORBITAL CORTEX; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; BLOOD; BRAIN CORTEX; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; PROTEIN BINDING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OPIOID PEPTIDES; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REWARD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855656327     PISSN: 19466234     EISSN: 19466242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3002902     Document Type: Article

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