Dopamine D2 Receptor Density and Personal Detachment in Healthy Subjects

• Published in: The American journal of psychiatry Vol. 155; no. 10; pp. 1440 - 1442
• Main Authors: Breier, Alan, Kestler, Lisa, Adler, Caleb, Elman, Igor, Wiesenfeld, Neil, Malhotra, Anil, Pickar, David
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC American Psychiatric Publishing 01.10.1998; American Psychiatric Association
• Subjects: Adult; Biological and medical sciences; Carbon Radioisotopes; Corpus Striatum - diagnostic imaging; Corpus Striatum - metabolism; Dopamine; Dopamine Antagonists; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Health Status; Humans; Male; Molecular biology; Personality; Personality - physiology; Personality Assessment - statistics & numerical data; Personality traits; Personality. Affectivity; Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychophysiology; Raclopride; Receptor status; Receptors, Dopamine D2 - metabolism; Receptors, Dopamine D2 - physiology; Relationship; Salicylamides; Social attachment; Tomography, Emission-Computed; Radionuclide study; Human; Biological fixation; D2 Dopamine receptor; Central nervous system; Personality; Temperament; Brain (vertebrata); Emission tomography

Objective:The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between the personality trait involving personal detachment and dopamine D2 receptor specific binding in healthy subjects.Method:Eighteen adult subjects completed the Karolinska Scales of Personality and the Tridimensional Personali...