Evidence of association between smoking and α7 nicotinic receptor subunit gene in schizophrenia patients

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1522-1526

  De Luca, Vincenzo ^a   Wong, Albert H C ^a   Muller, Daniel J ^a   Wong, Gregory W H ^a   Tyndale, Rachel F ^b   Kennedy, James L ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Addiction; Auditory gating; CHRNA7; Nicotine; P50; Schizophrenia; Sensory processing; Smoking

Indexed keywords

NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARKER GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; RISK; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF MEDICATION; SMOKING;

ADULT; ALLELES; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SMOKING;

EID: 3242813711     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.npp.1300466     Document Type: Article

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