Biological Psychiatry
Volume 67, Issue 3 , Pages 275-278 , 1 February 2010

Dopamine Type 2/3 Receptor Availability in the Striatum and Social Status in Human Volunteers

  • Diana Martinez

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Diana Martinez, M.D., New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1051 Riverside Drive, Box #31, New York, NY 10032
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  • Daria Orlowska

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York
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  • Rajesh Narendran

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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  • Mark Slifstein

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York
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  • Fei Liu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York
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  • Dileep Kumar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York
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  • Allegra Broft

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York
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  • Ronald Van Heertum

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York
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  • Herbert D. Kleber

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York

Received 18 December 2008 ,Revised 23 July 2009 ,Accepted 28 July 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2009.07.037

Biological Psychiatry
Volume 67, Issue 3 , Pages 275-278 , 1 February 2010

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