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Seamans JK, Yang CR The principal capabilities and mechanisms of dopamine modulation in the prefrontal cortex. Prog Neurobiol 74: 158. 48. Lundstrom K, Tenhunen J, Tilgmann C, Karhunen T, Panula P, et al. Cloning, expression and structure of catechol-O-methyltransferase. Biochim Biophys Acta 1251: 110. 49. Mannisto PT, Kaakkola S Catechol-O-methyltransferase: biochemistry, molecular biology, pharmacology, and clinical efficacy from the new selective COMT inhibitors. Pharmacol Rev 51: 593628. 50. Seger D Cocaine, metamfetamine, and MDMA abuse: the role and clinical significance of neuroadaptation. Clin Toxicol 48: 695708. 51. White FJ, Kalivas PW Neuroadaptations involved in amphetamine and 23148522 cocaine addiction. Drug Alcohol Rely 51: 141153. 52. Kaasinen V, Vilkman H, Hietala J, Nagren K, Helenius H, et al. Agerelated dopamine D2/D3 receptor loss in extrastriatal regions on the human brain. Neurobiol Aging 21: 683688. 53. Volkow ND, Gur RC, Wang GJ, Fowler JS, Moberg PJ, et al. Association among decline in brain dopamine activity with age and cognitive and motor impairment in healthful people. Am J Psychiatry 155: 344349. 54. Gunning-Dixon FM, Brickman AM, Cheng JC, Alexopoulos GS Aging of cerebral white matter: a assessment of MRI findings. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 24: 109117. 55. Meyer-Lindenberg A, Weinberger DR Intermediate phenotypes and genetic mechanisms of psychiatric problems. Nat Rev Neurosci 7: 818827. 56. Bray NJ, Buckland PR, Williams NM, Williams HJ, Norton N, et al. A haplotype implicated in schizophrenia susceptibility is linked with decreased COMT expression in human brain. Am J Hum Genet 73: 152161. 57. Zhu G, Lipsky RH, Xu K, Ali S, Hyde T, et al. Differential expression of human COMT alleles in brain and lymphoblasts detected by RT-coupled 5′ nuclease assay. Psychopharmacology 177: 178184. 7 ~~ ~~ strating rewards of vitamin D supplementation on clinical cardiovascular endpoints are awaited. The conversion of 25D to calcitriol is performed by the enzyme one-alpha hydroxylase and happens mainly within the kidney, regulated by parathyroid hormone, phosphate and fibroblast growth factor-23. Calcitriol acts around the nuclear vitamin D receptor to stimulate elevated intestinal calcium and phosphate uptake and promote bone mineralization. However, the VDR can also be expressed in vascular smooth muscle cells, endothelial cells, macrophages and cardiomyocytes. Concurrent expression of one-alpha hydroxylase in these cell varieties suggests a probable paracrine function for vitamin D signalling within the cardiovascular technique. Vitamin D receptor knockout mice manifest enhanced renin secreti.