Abstract
Gambling excitement is believed to be associated with biological measures of pathological gambling. Here, we tested the hypothesis that dopamine release would be associated with increased excitement levels in Pathological Gamblers compared with Healthy Controls.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Addiction |
Volume | 106 |
Issue number | 2 |
Pages (from-to) | 383-90 |
Number of pages | 8 |
ISSN | 0965-2140 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Feb 2011 |
Keywords
- Adult
- Analysis of Variance
- Arousal
- Basal Ganglia
- Behavior, Addictive
- Biological Markers
- Case-Control Studies
- Decision Making
- Dopamine
- Dopamine Antagonists
- Gambling
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Positron-Emission Tomography
- Raclopride
- Receptors, Dopamine D2
- Task Performance and Analysis
- Young Adult