AMPA receptors in post-mortem brains of Cloninger type 1 and 2 alcoholics: A whole-hemisphere autoradiography study
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10.1016/j.pscychresns.2013.09.012Metadata
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Kärkkäinen, Olli. Kupila, Jukka. Häkkinen, Merja. Laukkanen, Virpi. Tupala, Erkki. Kautiainen, Hannu. Tiihonen, Jari. Storvik, Markus. (2013). AMPA receptors in post-mortem brains of Cloninger type 1 and 2 alcoholics: A whole-hemisphere autoradiography study. PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH: NEUROIMAGING, 214 (3) , 429-434. 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2013.09.012.Oikeudet
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Dysfunction of the brain glutamate system has been associated with alcoholism. Ionotropic glutamatergic alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methylisoxazole-4-propionic acid receptors (AMPARs) play an important role in both neurotransmission and post-synaptic plasticity. Alterations in AMPAR densities may also play a role in the neurobiological changes associated with alcoholism. In the present study, [3H] AMPA binding density was evaluated in the nucleus accumbens (NAc), frontal cortex, anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), dentate gyrus and hippocampus of Cloninger type 1 (n=9) and 2 (n=8) alcoholics, and compared with non-alcoholic control subjects (n=10) by post-mortem whole-hemisphere autoradiography. The [3H] AMPA binding density was significantly higher in the ACC of early onset type 2 alcoholics when compared with controls (p=0.011). There was also a significant negative correlation between [3H] AMPA binding and previously published results of dopamine transporter (DAT) density in the ACC in these same brain samples (R=−0.95, p=0.001). Although preliminary, and from a relatively small diagnostic group, the present results help to further explain the pathology of alcohol dependence and impulsive behaviour in type 2 alcoholics.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pscychresns.2013.09.012Julkaisija
Elsevier BVKokoelmat
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