Activation of the mesostriatal reward pathway with exposure to ultraviolet radiation (UVR) vs. sham UVR in frequent tanners: A pilot study

Addiction Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 680-686

  Harrington, Cynthia R ^a   Beswick, Tracy C ^b   Graves, Michael ^a   Jacobe, Heidi T ^a,c   Harris, Thomas S ^a   Kourosh, Shadi ^a   Devous Sr , Michael D ^d   Adinoff, Bryon ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c VA NORTH TEXAS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Neuroimaging; reward; single photon emission computerized tomography; striatum; tanning; ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DORSAL STRIATUM; FEMALE; GUSTATORY CORTEX; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIAL ORBITOFRONTAL CORTEX; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; REWARD; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SKIN TANNING; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PUTAMEN; REWARD; SUNBATHING; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860261327     PISSN: 13556215     EISSN: 13691600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-1600.2010.00312.x     Document Type: Article

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