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Alcoholism Therapy

Research on alcoholism therapy described by scientists at University of Kuopio

Published in Medical Imaging Business Week, July 24th, 2008

Fresh data on alcoholism are presented in the report 'Striatal dopaminergic terminals in type 1 and type 2 alcoholics measured with [3H]dihydrotetrabenazine and human whole hemisphere autoradiography.' "A number of studies have pointed to the importance of dopamine system in the context of alcoholism. Previous studies have shown lower dopamine transporter levels on late-onset Cloninger type 1 alcoholics," scientists in Kuopio, Finland report.

"However, whether this lower level is due to a lower level of dopamine transporter protein or a lower level of dopaminergic nerve terminals remains unclear. The aim of this study was to compare putative alterations of dopaminergic...

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