Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 162, Issue 1 , Pages 1-9 , 15 January 2008

Cortical dopamine D1 receptors in type 1 and type 2 alcoholics measured with human whole hemisphere autoradiography

  • Erkki Tupala

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Psychiatry, Niuvanniemi Hospital, University of Kuopio, Finland
    • Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Kuopio, Finland
    • Deceased.
    • ,
  • Jari Tiihonen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Psychiatry, Niuvanniemi Hospital, University of Kuopio, Finland
    • Department of Clinical Physiology, Kuopio University Hospital, Finland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. University of Kuopio, Department of Forensic Psychiatry, Niuvanniemi Hospital, FI-70240 Kuopio, Finland. Tel.: +358 17 203 111; fax: +358 17 203 494.

Received 2 May 2005 ,Revised 14 August 2006 ,Accepted 21 August 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2006.08.007

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
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