Association between striatal subregions and extrastriatal regions in dopamine D(1) receptor expression: a positron emission tomography study.

The mesencephalic dopamine (DA) system is the main DA system related to affective and cognitive functions. The system consists of two different cell groups, A9 and A10, which originate from different regions of the midbrain. The striatum is the main input from the midbrain, and is functionally organ...

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Main Authors: Hironobu Fujiwara, Hiroshi Ito, Fumitoshi Kodaka, Yasuyuki Kimura, Harumasa Takano, Tetsuya Suhara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3504080?pdf=render