Measuring Cigarette Smoking-Induced Cortical Dopamine Release: A [(11)C]FLB-457 PET Study

Striatal dopamine (DA) is thought to have a fundamental role in the reinforcing effects of tobacco smoking and nicotine. Microdialysis studies indicate that nicotine also increases DA in extrastriatal brain areas, but much less is known about its role in addiction. High-affinity D(2/3) receptor radi...

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Published in:Neuropsychopharmacology
Main Authors: Wing, Victoria C, Payer, Doris E, Houle, Sylvain, George, Tony P, Boileau, Isabelle
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4397400/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25502631
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1038/npp.2014.327
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