Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 75, Issue 1 , Pages 77-82 , June 2003

Altered dopamine D2 receptor function in fibromyalgia patients: a neuroendocrine study with buspirone in women with fibromyalgia compared to female population based controls

  • Eva Albertsen Malt

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Rikshospitalet, 0027 Oslo, Norway. Tel.: +47-2307-4920; fax: +47-2307-4930
    • Research Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, University of Bergen, Norway.
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  • Snorri Olafsson

      Affiliations

    • Research Fellow, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Bergen, Norway.
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  • Asbjoern Aakvaag

      Affiliations

    • Professor, Institute of Clinical Biochemistry, University of Bergen, Norway.
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  • Anders Lund

      Affiliations

    • Assisant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Bergen, Norway.
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  • Holger Ursin

      Affiliations

    • Professor, Department of Biological and Medical Psychology, Division of Physiological Psychology University of Bergen, Norway.

Received 6 March 2001 ,Revised 10 January 2002 ,Accepted 15 January 2002.

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doi: 10.1016/S0165-0327(02)00025-3

Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 75, Issue 1 , Pages 77-82 , June 2003

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