Activation of the mesolimbic dopamine pathway appears to promote drug-and alcohol-seeking behavior in laboratory animals. Results for association and linkage analysis between various alcohol dependence phenotypes and the dopamine receptors have been quite mixed. Similarly, both positive and negative
D2 dopamine receptors and personality traits
✍ Scribed by Farde, Lars; Gustavsson, J. Petter; Jönsson, Erik
- Book ID
- 109799018
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 348 KB
- Volume
- 385
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0028-0836
- DOI
- 10.1038/385590a0
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