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SUBMITTER: Takahashi K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4391262 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Takahashi Kayo K Mizuno Kei K Sasaki Akihiro T AT Wada Yasuhiro Y Tanaka Masaaki M Ishii Akira A Tajima Kanako K Tsuyuguchi Naohiro N Watanabe Kyosuke K Zeki Semir S Watanabe Yasuyoshi Y
Frontiers in human neuroscience 20150409
Using [(11)C]raclopride, a dopamine D2/D3 receptor antagonist, we undertook a positron emission tomography (PET) study to investigate the involvement of the dopaminergic neurotransmitter system when subjects viewed the pictures of partners to whom they were romantically attached. Ten subjects viewed pictures of their romantic partners and, as a control, of friends of the same sex for whom they had neutral feelings during the PET study. We administered [(11)C]raclopride to subjects using a timing ...[more]