Association of seven polymorphisms of the D2 dopamine receptor gene with brain receptor-binding characteristics

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 73-82

  Ritchie, Terry ^a   Noble, Ernest P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Allelic association; D2 dopamine receptor binding; D2 dopamine receptor gene; Linkage disequilibrium; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

BRAIN RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR;

ALCOHOLISM; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CAUCASIAN; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; RECEPTOR BINDING; UNITED STATES;

BRAIN; EXONS; HUMANS; INTRONS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2;

EID: 0037267659     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021648128758     Document Type: Article

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