Genetic influences on impulsivity, risk taking, stress responsivity and vulnerability to drug abuse and addiction

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1450-1457

  Kreek, Mary Jeanne ^a   Nielsen, David A ^a   Butelman, Eduardo R ^a   LaForge, K Steven ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; COMORBIDITY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG USE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; PERSONALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STRESS;

ANIMALS; COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY; RISK-TAKING; STRESS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 27644458794     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn1583     Document Type: Review

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