Pharmacogenomics of alcohol response and addiction

American Journal of PharmacoGenomics

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 217-232

  Enoch, Mary Anne ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ACAMPROSATE; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE; BETA ENDORPHIN; CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; DIAZEPAM; DISULFIRAM; DOPAMINE; FLUOXETINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NALOXONE; NALTREXONE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; ONDANSETRON; OPIATE RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TOPIRAMATE; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE;

ALCOHOL METABOLISM; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDER; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHROMOSOME 11P; CHROMOSOME 1P; CHROMOSOME 4; CHROMOSOME 7; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GUILT; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; META ANALYSIS; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ONSET AGE; PHARMACOGENOMICS; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOPATHY; RELAPSE; REVIEW; REWARD; SEDATION; SEROTONIN BRAIN LEVEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS; UNITED STATES;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; PHARMACOGENETICS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0042694131     PISSN: 11752203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00129785-200303040-00001     Document Type: Review

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