Sex-specific differences in GABAA-benzodiazepine receptor availability: Relationship with sensitivity to pain and tobacco smoking craving

Addiction Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 370-378

  Esterlis, Irina ^a   McKee, Sherry A ^a   Kirk, Kathryne ^a   Lee, Dianne ^a   Bois, Frederic ^a   Stiklus, Stephanie M ^a   Seibyl, John P ^c,d   Krishnan Sarin, Suchitra ^a   O'Malley, Stephanie S ^a   Staley, Julie K ^a,b   Cosgrove, Kelly P ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Radiology ^*  (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS   (United States)

Author keywords

Craving; GABAA BZR; imaging; pain sensitivity; sex; smoking

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR; IOMAZENIL I 123;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; MALE; NOCICEPTION; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; FEMALE; FLUMAZENIL; GABA MODULATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NICOTINE; PAIN PERCEPTION; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SMOKING CESSATION; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874411149     PISSN: 13556215     EISSN: 13691600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-1600.2011.00403.x     Document Type: Article

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