The discovery of dopamine transporter density difference in alcoholics has implications for mechanisms of vulnerability and relapse (pages 654–657).
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Goldman, D. Dopamine transporter, alcoholism and other diseases. Nat Med 1, 624–625 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0795-624
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0795-624