The dopamine theory of addiction: 40 years of highs and lows

Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 305-312

  Nutt, David J ^a   Lingford Hughes, Anne ^a   Erritzoe, David ^a   Stokes, Paul R A ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR; OPIATE;

ADDICTION; ALCOHOLISM; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINE RELEASE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; THEORY; ANIMAL; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; METABOLISM; PSYCHOLOGY; REWARD;

CANNABIS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; DOPAMINE; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE; REWARD;

EID: 84928204021     PISSN: 1471003X     EISSN: 14710048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrn3939     Document Type: Review

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