Sex, Drugs, and Rock 'N' Roll: Hypothesizing common mesolimbic activation as a function of reward gene polymorphisms

Journal of Psychoactive Drugs

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 38-55

  Blum, Kenneth ^a,b   Werner, Tonia ^a   Carnes, Stefanie ^c   Carnes, Patrick ^c   Bowirrat, Abdalla ^d   Giordano, John ^b   Berman, Marlene Oscar ^e   Gold, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b G and G Holistic Addiction Treatment Center   (United States)

^c Pine Grove Behavioral Center   (United States)

^d Nazareth Hospital   (Israel)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Mesolimbic systems; Neurogenetics; Reward deficiency syndrome (RDS); Sexual addiction

Indexed keywords

6 CHLORO 2,3,4,5 TETRAHYDRO 7,8 DIHYDROXY 1 PHENYL 1H 3 BENZAZEPINE; APOMORPHINE; ARGIPRESSIN RECEPTOR; CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; CYCLIC GMP; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; DOPAMINE 4 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; MESSENGER RNA; METHAMPHETAMINE; MORPHINE; NICOTINE; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; RACLOPRIDE C 11; SEROTONIN 2A RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; TESTOSTERONE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ADDICTION; AGGRESSION; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN FUNCTION; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; COMPULSION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DSM-IV; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYPERSEXUALITY; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTERNET ADDICTION; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MOTIVATION; MULTIPLE DRUG ABUSE; MUSIC; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PEDOPHILIA; PLEASURE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RECEPTOR GENE; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD; REWARD DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL ADDICTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVIATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REWARD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84862588560     PISSN: 02791072     EISSN: 21599777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02791072.2012.662112     Document Type: Article

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