Dopamine D4 receptor exon III alleles and variation of novelty seeking in alcoholics

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 483-487

  Sander, T ^a   Harms, H ^a,b   Dufeu, P ^a   Kuhn, S ^a   Rommelspacher, H ^a   Schmidt, L G ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol dependence; Association; DRD4; Genetics; Novelty seeking

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DOPAMINE 4 RECEPTOR;

ALCOHOLISM; ALLELISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

ALCOHOLISM; ALLELES; EXONS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D4; RISK;

EID: 0030769827     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19970919)74:5<483::AID-AJMG5>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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