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Schizophrenia, amphetamine-induced sensitized state and acute amphetamine exposure all show a common alteration: increased dopamine D2 receptor dimerization

BACKGROUND: All antipsychotics work via dopamine D2 receptors (D2Rs), suggesting a critical role for D2Rs in psychosis; however, there is little evidence for a change in receptor number or pharmacological nature of D2Rs. Recent data suggest that D2Rs form dimers in-vitro and in-vivo, and we hypothes...

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Autores principales: Wang, Min, Pei, Lin, Fletcher, Paul J, Kapur, Shitij, Seeman, Philip, Liu, Fang
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2942879/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20813060
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-6606-3-25