Decreased GABAA benzodiazepine binding site densities in postmortem brains of Cloninger type 1 and 2 alcoholics

Alcohol

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 103-108

  Laukkanen, Virpi ^a,b   Storvik, Markus ^a   Häkkinen, Merja ^a   Akamine, Yumiko ^a   Tupala, Erkki ^a   Virkkunen, Matti ^c,d   Tiihonen, Jari ^a,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d Kellokoski Hospital   (Finland)

^e NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^f KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Autoradiography; Benzodiazepine; GABA; Globus pallidus; Hippocampus

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR; FLUNITRAZEPAM; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR; TRITIUM;

ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BINDING SITE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; FEMALE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; RECEPTOR DENSITY;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY; AUTOPSY; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; DENTATE GYRUS; FEMALE; FLUNITRAZEPAM; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; TRITIUM;

EID: 84874020465     PISSN: 07418329     EISSN: 18736823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2012.12.008     Document Type: Article

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