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Keywords: PET - Human Addiction.jpg PET brain scans show chemical differences in the brain between addicts and non-addicts The normal images in the bottom row come from non-addicts; the abnormal images in the top row come from patients with addiction disorders These PET brain scans show that that addicts have fewer than average dopamine receptors in their brains so that weaker dopamine signals are sent between cells http //www er doe gov/accomplishments_awards/Decades_Discovery/94 html 2001-03 Nora Volkow PD-USGov Nora Volkow Positron emission tomography Addiction
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