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ArticleJournal of systems and integrative neuroscience2017

"Dopamine homeostasis" requires balanced polypharmacy: Issue with destructive, powerful dopamine agents to combat America's drug epidemic.

Kenneth Blum, Edward J Modestino, Marjorie Gondré-Lewis, B William Downs, David Baron, Bruce Steinberg, David Siwicki, John Giordano, Thomas McLaughlin, Jennifer Neary and 3 more

Open access · diamondAbstract read
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Article in Journal of systems and integrative neuroscience, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
14citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 17% 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

14 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

13 authors at 7 institutions in 3 countries.

Kenneth BlumDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Florida & McKnight Brain Institute, College of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Edward J ModestinoDepartment of Psychology, Curry College, Milton, MA, USA.
Marjorie Gondré-LewisDepartments of Anatomy and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Howard University, Washington, DC, USA.
B William DownsVictory Nutition International, Inc., Lederach, PA, USA.
David BaronDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Bruce SteinbergDepartment of Psychology, Curry College, Milton, MA, USA.
David SiwickiDivision of Genetic Testing, Geneus Health LLC, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
John GiordanoJohn Giordano's Life Enhancement Aftercare Recovery Center, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA.
Thomas McLaughlinCenter for Psychiatric Medicine, North Andover, MA, USA.
Jennifer NearyDivision of Genetic Testing, Geneus Health LLC, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
Mary HauserDominion Diagnostics, LLC, North Kingstown, RI, USA.
Lyle FriedDivision of Addiction Research & Therapy, The Shores Treatment & Recovery Center, Port St Lucie, Fl, USA.
Rajendra D BadgaiyanRichmond University Hospital, Ichan Medical School, Statin Island, NY, USA.
Christus Health · USCurry College · USDominion Diagnostics (United States) · USHoward University · USInstitute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology · INNational Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder · USUniversity of Southern California · US

Funding

AFFECTIVE AND CONATIVE CHANGES IN ALCOHOLISMR01AA007112 · NIAAA · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI BERMAN, MARLENE OSCAR · 1987 to 2019
$8.3M
Research_ProjectU54HD090257 · NICHD · CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI VITTORIO GALLO, VITTORIO GALLO VITTORIO GALLO · 2016 to 2020
$5.9M
Dopamine Neurotransmission in Tourette SyndromeR01NS073884 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI BADGAIYAN, RAJENDRA D · 2012 to 2016
$2.2M
AFFECTIVE AND CONATIVE CHANGES IN ALCOHOLISMK05AA000219 · NIAAA · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI BERMAN, MARLENE OSCAR · 1997 to 2011
$1.8M
Detection of Dopamine Release During a Cognitive TaskR21MH073624 · NIMH · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI BADGAIYAN, RAJENDRA D · 2005 to 2006
$368k
A Systematic Medical Approach to Reward Transformation (SMART) for Brain Health in Opioid Use DisorderR41MD012318 · NIMHD · VERSA INTEGRATED SOLUTIONS, INC. · PI BLUM, KENNETH, GONDRE-LEWIS, MARJORIE C · 2017 to 2017
$221k
Dopamine Neurotransmission in AddictionI01CX000479 · VA · VA WESTERN NEW YORK HEALTHCARE SYSTEM · PI BADGAIYAN, RAJENDRA D · 2013 to 2014
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CSRD VA I01 CX000479NIAAA NIH HHS K05 AA000219NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA007112NICHD NIH HHS U54 HD090257NIMHD NIH HHS R41 MD012318NIMH NIH HHS R21 MH073624NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS073884
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The well-researched pro-dopamine regulator KB220 and variants result in increased functional connectivity in both animal and human brains, and prolonged neuroplasticity (brain cell repair) having been observed in rodents. Moreover, in addition to increased functional connectivity, recent studies show that KB220Z increases overall brain connectivity volume, enhances neuronal dopamine firing, and eliminates lucid dreams in humans over a prolonged period. An unprecedented number of clinical studies validating this patented nutrigenomic technology in re-balancing brain chemistry and optimizing dopamine sensitivity and function have been published. On another note, it is sad that unsuspecting consumers could be deceived and endangered by false promises of knock-off marketers with look- and- sound-alike products. Products containing ingredients having potential dangers (i.e., combinations of potent D2 agonists including L-Dopa and L-Theanine) threaten the credibility and reputation of validated, authentic, and ethical products. We encourage clinicians and neuroscientists to continue to embrace the concept of "dopamine homeostasis" and search for safe, effective, validated and authentic means to achieve a lifetime of recovery, instead of reverting to anti-dopaminergic agents doomed to fail in the war against the devastating drug epidemic, or promoting powerful D2 agonists that compromise needed balance.

Indexed as

D2 agonistsdopamine antagonistsdopamine homeostasisdrug epidemicKB220KB220Z

Identifiers

PMID30197787
PMCPMC6128292
OpenAlexW2790368363

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