Candidate genes for alcohol dependence: A review of genetic evidence from human studies

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 868-879

  Dick, Danielle M ^b   Foroud, Tatiana ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; SEROTONIN 1 RECEPTOR;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOL METABOLISM; ALCOHOLISM; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FAMILY STUDY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALCOHOLISM; DOPAMINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE; RECEPTORS, GABA; SEROTONIN;

EID: 0038324103     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ALC.0000065436.24221.63     Document Type: Review

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