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Volume 2 (2005), Issue 8 (August)

1. Correlation of alcohol craving with striatal dopamine synthesis capacity and D2/3 receptor availability: a combined [18F]DOPA and [18F]DMFP PET study in detoxified alcoholic patients.
   Am J Psychiatry, 162(8): 1515-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Cortical gamma-aminobutyric acid type A-benzodiazepine receptors in recovery from alcohol dependence: relationship to features of alcohol dependence and cigarette smoking.
   Arch Gen Psychiatry, 62(8): 877-88. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Effects of co-occurring alcohol abuse on the course of bipolar disorder following a first hospitalization for mania.
   Arch Gen Psychiatry, 62(8): 851-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. CHRM2 gene predisposes to alcohol dependence, drug dependence and affective disorders: results from an extended case-control structured association study.
   Hum Mol Genet, 14(16): 2421-34. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Oxidative status in patients with alcohol dependence: a clinical study in Taiwan.
   J Toxicol Environ Health A, 68(17): 1497-509. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Esophageal melanosis, an endoscopic finding associated with squamous cell neoplasms of the upper aerodigestive tract, and inactive aldehyde dehydrogenase-2 in alcoholic Japanese men.
   J Gastroenterol, 40(7): 676-84. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. N400 as an index of semantic expectancies: differential effects of alcohol and cocaine dependence.
   Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry, 29(6): 936-43. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Pancreatic volume associated with endocrine and exocrine function of the pancreas among Japanese alcoholics.
   Pancreatology, 5(4): 422-31. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Reduced hippocampal volume among adolescents with alcohol use disorders without psychiatric comorbidity.
   Psychiatry Res, 139(3): 181-90. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Thalamic hypofunction in alcohol hallucinosis: FDG PET findings.
    Psychiatry Res, 139(3): 259-62. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Changes in the beta-endorphin plasma level after repeated treatment with acamprosate in rats selectively bred for high and low alcohol preference.
    Neurosci Lett, 388(1): 45-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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