Genetics of alcoholism using intermediate phenotypes

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 169-176

  Enoch, Mary Anne ^a   Schuckit, Marc A ^b   Johnson, Bankole A ^c   Goldman, David ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Anxiety; Catechol O methyltransferase; Genes; Serotonin Transporter

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; SEROTONIN 3 RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ALLELE; ANXIETY DISORDER; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMALS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 0037328997     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ALC.0000052702.77807.8C     Document Type: Conference Paper

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