Human μ-opioid receptor variation and alcohol dependence

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2108-2110

  Sander, Thomas ^a   Gscheidel, Nicola ^a   Wendel, Birgit ^a   Samochowiec, Jerzy ^b   Smolka, Michael ^a   Rommelspacher, Hans ^a   Schmidt, Lutz G ^a   Hoehe, Margret R ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b POMERANIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Alcohol Dependence; Association; Genetics; OPRM; Opioid Receptor

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ALCOHOL TOLERANCE; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY;

EID: 0032407648     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000374-199812000-00030     Document Type: Article

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