An abundant proneurotensin polymorphism, 479A>G, and a test of its association with alcohol dependence in a finnish population

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 762-765

  Vanakoski, Jyrki ^a   Mazzanti, Chiara ^a   Naukkarinen, Hannu ^b   Virkkunen, Matti ^b   Goldman, David ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

^b MSC 8110 ^*

Author keywords

Alcohol Dependence; Dopamine; Polymorphism; Proneurotensin

Indexed keywords

NEUROTENSIN;

ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINLAND; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MESOLIMBIC DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

EID: 0033932831     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2000.tb02053.x     Document Type: Article

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