Effects of Dopamine Antagonists on Gambling Reinforcement and the Impact of Prior Exposure in Pathological Gamblers and Controls

This study sought to determine the roles of D1 and D2 receptors in mediating gambling reinforcement in pathological gamblers and controls (n=24/group), and the influence of reward novelty on these effects. Subjects received D2 antagonist, haloperidol (3mg), or D1-D2 antagonist, fluphenazine (3mg) in...

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Main Author: Smart, Kelly
Other Authors: Zack, Martin
Language:en_ca
Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1807/42938