Dopamine transporter density and novelty seeking among alcoholics

Journal of Addictive Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 95-100

  Laine, T Pekka J ^a   Ahonen, Aapo ^a   Räsänen, Pirkko ^a   Tiihonen, Jari ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alcohol ism; Dopamine; Neuroimaging; Novelty seeking; Personality traits; Tropanes

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER; TROPANE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOPAMINERGIC ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STRIATE CORTEX;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 85011525670     PISSN: 10550887     EISSN: 15450848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J069v20n04_08     Document Type: Article

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