The impact of an opioid receptor antagonist/partial agonist to reduce fMRI BOLD activity in the striatum when people with alcohol dependence engage in the MID task [see also fig 4]. Difference is contrast with the activity seen on placebo. In both scans blood alcohol concentration was held at 80 mg%.7

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