GRIN1 locus may modify the susceptibility to seizures during alcohol withdrawal

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 133 B, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 85-87

  Rujescu, D ^a,c   Soyka, M ^a   Dahmen, N ^b   Preuss U ^a   Hartmann, A M ^a   Giegling, I ^a   Koller, G ^a   Bondy, B ^a   Moller H J ^a   Szegedi, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Association study; GRIN1; NR1; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 1; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIRIUM TREMENS; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SPLICING; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL SEIZURES; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; ALLELES; CARRIER PROTEINS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 19944433850     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.30112     Document Type: Article

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