Valence-specific effects of BDNF Val66Met polymorphism on dopaminergic stress and reward processing in humans

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 17, 2014, Pages 5874-5881

  Peciña, Marta ^a,b   Martínez Jauand, Mercedes ^c   Love, Tiffany ^a,b   Heffernan, Joseph ^b   Montoya, Pedro ^c   Hodgkinson, Colin ^e   Stohler, Christian S ^d   Goldman, David ^e   Zubieta, Jon Kar ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c RediAPP   (Spain)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

Author keywords

BDNF Val66Met; Dopamine; Nucleus accumbens; Pain; Reward; Stress

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR; METHIONINE; OPIATE; PLACEBO; VALINE;

ADULT; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REWARD; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; YOUNG ADULT;

BDNF VAL66MET; DOPAMINE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PAIN; REWARD; STRESS;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINERGIC NEURONS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PAIN; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D3; REWARD; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 84899478067     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2152-13.2014     Document Type: Article

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