Increased turnover of dopamine in caudate nucleus of detoxified alcoholic patients.

Increased turnover of dopamine in caudate nucleus of detoxified alcoholic patients.

A previous study of the DOPA decarboxylase substrate 6-[(18)F]fluoro-L-DOPA (FDOPA) with positron emission tomography (PET) detected no difference of the net blood-brain transfer rate (Kin(app)) between detoxified alcoholic patients and healthy controls. Instead, the study revealed an inverse correl...

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Main Authors: Yoshitaka Kumakura, Albert Gjedde, Daniele Caprioli, Thorsten Kienast, Anne Beck, Michail Plotkin, Florian Schlagenhauf, Ingo Vernaleken, Gerhard Gründer, Peter Bartenstein, Andreas Heinz, Paul Cumming
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3770672?pdf=render

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