Variations in GABRA2, Encoding the α2 Subunit of the GABA A Receptor, Are Associated with Alcohol Dependence and with Brain Oscillations

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 705-714

  Edenberg, Howard J ^a   Dick, Danielle M ^a   Xuei, Xiaoling ^a   Tian, Huijun ^a   Almasy, Laura ^b   Bauer, Lance O ^c   Crowe, Raymond R ^d   Goate, Alison ^e   Hesselbrock, Victor ^c   Jones, Kevin ^g   Kwon, Jennifer ^e   Li, Ting Kai ^a,h   Nurnberger Jr , John I ^a   O'Connor, Sean J ^a   Reich, Theodore ^e   Rice, John ^e   Schuckit, Marc A ^f   Porjesz, Bernice ^g   Foroud, Tatiana ^a   Begleiter, Henri ^g  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR;

ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BETA RHYTHM; CHROMOSOME 4P; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSCILLATION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 12144288685     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/383283     Document Type: Article

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