Association analysis of exonic variants of the GABAB-receptor gene and alpha electroencephalogram voltage in normal subjects and alcohol-dependent patients

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 7-15

  Winterer, Georg ^a,c   Mahlberg, Richard ^a   Smolka, Michael N ^b   Samochowiec, Jerzy ^a,d   Ziller, Mario ^a   Rommelspacher, Hans Peter ^a   Herrmann, Werner M ^a   Schmidt, Lutz G ^a   Sander, Thomas ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^d POMERANIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Alpha EEG; Association analysis; GABAB receptor gene polymorphism; Intermediate phenotype

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ALPHA RHYTHM; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EXON; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSCILLATION; PHENOTYPE;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ALLELES; ALPHA RHYTHM; EXONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RECEPTORS, GABA-B; REGRESSION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX FACTORS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0037270483     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021043315012     Document Type: Article

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