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SUBMITTER: Brown AK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4113216 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Brown Amira K AK Mandelkern Mark A MA Farahi Judah J Robertson Chelsea C Ghahremani Dara G DG Sumerel Brittany B Moallem Nathasha N London Edythe D ED
The international journal of neuropsychopharmacology 20120116 7
In previous research, nicotine-dependent men exhibited lower putamen D2/D3 dopamine-receptor availability than non-smokers (Fehr et al. 2008), but parallel assessments were not performed in women. Women and men (19 light smokers, 18 non-smokers) were tested for differences due to sex and smoking in striatal D(2)/D(3) dopamine-receptor availability, using positron emission tomography with [(18)F]fallypride. Receptor availability was determined using a reference region method, in striatal volumes ...[more]