Thr105Ile, a functional polymorphism of histamine N-methyltransferase, is associated with alcoholism in two independent populations

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 303-309

  Oroszi, Gabor ^a,c   Enoch, Mary Anne ^a   Chun, Jeffrey ^a   Virkkunen, Matti ^b   Goldman, David ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c MSC 9412 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Anxiety; Genetics; Histamine; HNMT

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; GENOMIC DNA; HISTAMINE; HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HISTAMINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; ISOLEUCINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PHOSPHODIESTERASE I; THREONINE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; AMERICAN INDIAN; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN CORTEX; CAUCASIAN; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EMOTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LIMBIC CORTEX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHYLATION; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ALLELES; ANXIETY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HISTAMINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; PERSONALITY TESTS; PHOSPHODIESTERASE I; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; UNITED STATES;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 15944394377     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ALC.0000156128.28257.2E     Document Type: Article

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