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Amira K Brown1, Mark A Mandelkern, Judah Farahi, Chelsea Robertson, Dara G Ghahremani, Brittany Sumerel, Nathasha Moallem, Edythe D London.
Abstract
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 and in whole-brain, voxel-wise analysis. Significant sex × smoking interactions were observed in the caudate nuclei and putamen. Post-hoc t tests showed that male smokers had significantly lower D(2)/D(3) dopamine-receptor availability than female smokers (-17% caudate, -21% putamen) and male non-smokers (-15% caudate, -16% putamen). Female smokers did not differ from non-smokers. Whole-brain analysis demonstrated no statistically significant voxels or clusters. These results suggest that low receptor availability may confer vulnerability to nicotine dependence or that smoking selectively affects D2/D3 receptor down-regulation in men but not women.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID： 22243762 PMCID： PMC4113216 DOI： 10.1017/S1461145711001957
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int J Neuropsychopharmacol ISSN： 1461-1457 Impact factor: 5.176