Personality traits and dopamine receptors (D2 and D4): Linkage studies in families of alcoholics

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 634-641

  Hill, Shirley Y ^a,b   Zezza, Nicholas ^a   Wipprecht, Ginger ^a   Locke, Jeannette ^a   Neiswanger, Katherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Psychiatry ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; D2; D4; Negative affectivity; Novelty seeking

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DNA; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 4 RECEPTOR;

ALCOHOLISM; ALLELE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; AGGRESSION; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CARRIER PROTEINS; DOPAMINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PERSONALITY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D4; REWARD; SOCIAL ALIENATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0033573256     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19991215)88:6<634::AID-AJMG11>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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