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Trial reportNeuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology2017

Low μ-Opioid Receptor Status in Alcohol Dependence Identified by Combined Positron Emission Tomography and Post-Mortem Brain Analysis.

Derik Hermann, Natalie Hirth, Matthias Reimold, Anil Batra, Michael N Smolka, Sabine Hoffmann, Falk Kiefer, Hamid R Noori, Wolfgang H Sommer, Gerald Reischl and 4 more

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In one paragraph

Trial report in Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
33citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
10.1field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

33 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 63 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Trial
  3. Oxytocin Reduces Alcohol Cue-Reactivity in Alcohol-Dependent Rats and Humans.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2018
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  5. Validation ofInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  6. Methodological considerations for interpreting ketamine-naltrexone trials in depression.The international journal of neuropsychopharmacology · 2025
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  9. The Dopamine System in Mediating Alcohol Effects in Humans.Current topics in behavioral neurosciences · 2025
    Review
  10. Molecular Imaging Studies of Alcohol Use Disorder.Current topics in behavioral neurosciences · 2025
    Review
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  12. The influence of drug class on reward in substance use disorders.Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior · 2024
    Review
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  14. Hazardous drinking and alcohol use disorders.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2022
    Review
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  16. Alcohol and the Brain.Nutrients · 2021
    Review
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Derik HermannDepartment of Addictive Behavior and Addiction Medicine, Central Institute of Mental Health Mannheim, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany.
Natalie HirthInstitute of Psychopharmacology, Central Institute of Mental Health Mannheim, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany.
Matthias ReimoldDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
Anil BatraDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
Michael N SmolkaDepartment of Addictive Behavior and Addiction Medicine, Central Institute of Mental Health Mannheim, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany.
Sabine HoffmannDepartment of Addictive Behavior and Addiction Medicine, Central Institute of Mental Health Mannheim, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany.
Falk KieferDepartment of Addictive Behavior and Addiction Medicine, Central Institute of Mental Health Mannheim, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany.
Hamid R NooriInstitute of Psychopharmacology, Central Institute of Mental Health Mannheim, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany.
Wolfgang H SommerDepartment of Addictive Behavior and Addiction Medicine, Central Institute of Mental Health Mannheim, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5903-6521
Gerald ReischlDepartment of Preclinical Imaging and Radiopharmacy, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
Christian la FougèreDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
Karl MannDepartment of Addictive Behavior and Addiction Medicine, Central Institute of Mental Health Mannheim, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany.
Rainer SpanagelInstitute of Psychopharmacology, Central Institute of Mental Health Mannheim, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany.
Anita C HanssonInstitute of Psychopharmacology, Central Institute of Mental Health Mannheim, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany.
Heidelberg University · DEUniversity of Tübingen · DE

Funding

Brain Tissue Resource Centre for Alcohol ResearchR28AA012725 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY · PI Greg Trevor Sutherland · 2012 to 2026
$7.0M
NIAAA NIH HHS R28 AA012725
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Blockade of the μ-opioid receptor (MOR) by naltrexone reduces relapse risk in a subpopulation of alcohol-dependent patients. Previous positron-emission-tomography (PET) studies using the MOR ligand [

Indexed as

Tissue BanksAdultAgedAlcoholismAnalgesics, OpioidFentanylHumansMaleMiddle AgedNaltrexoneNarcotic AntagonistsPositron-Emission TomographyReceptors, Opioid, muVentral StriatumAnalgesics, OpioidcarfentanilFentanylNaltrexoneNarcotic AntagonistsOPRM1 protein, humanReceptors, Opioid, mu

Identifiers

PMID27510425
PMCPMC5240173
OpenAlexW2516111229

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