Alcohol Dependence Is Associated with Blunted Dopamine Transmission in the Ventral Striatum
Martinez D, Gil R, Slifstein M, Hwang DR, Huang Y, Perez A, Kegeles L, Talbot P, Evans S, Krystal J, Laruelle M, Abi-Dargham A. Alcohol Dependence Is Associated with Blunted Dopamine Transmission in the Ventral Striatum. Biological Psychiatry 2005, 58: 779-786. PMID: 16018986, DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2005.04.044.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAlcohol-dependent subjectsLimbic striatumPositron emission tomographyDopamine transmissionD2 receptorsDopamine releaseAD subjectsAlcohol dependenceAmphetamine-induced dopamine releaseDopamine type 2 receptorHealthy control subjectsD2 receptor availabilityMesolimbic dopamine transmissionType 2 receptorPsychostimulant challengeSensorimotor subdivisionsControl subjectsStriatal subdivisionsAssociative striatumSensorimotor striatumReceptor availabilityStriatumEmission tomographyVentral striatumReceptors