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Pharmacological Enhancement of Dopamine Neurotransmission Does Not Affect Illusory Pattern Perception

Elke Smith, Simon Michalski, Kilian Knauth, Deniz Tuzsus, Hendrik Theis, Thilo van Eimeren and Jan Peters
eNeuro 12 July 2024, 11 (7) ENEURO.0465-23.2024; https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0465-23.2024
Elke Smith
1Department of Psychology, Biological Psychology, University of Cologne, Cologne 50969, Germany
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Simon Michalski
1Department of Psychology, Biological Psychology, University of Cologne, Cologne 50969, Germany
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Kilian Knauth
1Department of Psychology, Biological Psychology, University of Cologne, Cologne 50969, Germany
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Deniz Tuzsus
1Department of Psychology, Biological Psychology, University of Cologne, Cologne 50969, Germany
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Hendrik Theis
2Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany
3Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Department of Neurology, University of Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany
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Thilo van Eimeren
2Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany
3Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Department of Neurology, University of Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany
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Jan Peters
1Department of Psychology, Biological Psychology, University of Cologne, Cologne 50969, Germany
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https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0465-23.2024
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38997143
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  • Received October 30, 2023
  • Revision received May 21, 2024
  • Accepted June 12, 2024
  • Published online July 12, 2024.
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Copyright © 2024 Smith et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium provided that the original work is properly attributed.

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  1. Elke Smith1,
  2. Simon Michalski1,
  3. Kilian Knauth1,
  4. Deniz Tuzsus1,
  5. Hendrik Theis2,3,
  6. Thilo van Eimeren2,3 and
  7. Jan Peters1
  1. 1Department of Psychology, Biological Psychology, University of Cologne, Cologne 50969, Germany
  2. 2Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany
  3. 3Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Department of Neurology, University of Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany
  1. Correspondence should be addressed to Elke Smith at e.smith{at}uni-koeln.de.
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  1. Author contributions: E.S. and J.P. designed research; E.S., K.K., D.T., H.T., and T.E. performed research; E.S. and S.M. analyzed data; E.S. and S.M. wrote the paper.

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  • The authors declare no competing financial interests.

  • We thank Lea Kemalides, Hannah Hacker, and Emily Burlon. This work was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, project no. PE1627/5-1). H.T. was supported by the Cologne Clinician Scientist Program (CCSP) of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Cologne, funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation, project no. 413543196).

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