Molecular Genetics of Addiction Vulnerability

NeuroRx

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 295-301

  Uhl, George R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE   (United States)

Author keywords

Association genome scanning; cell adhesion molecules; haplotypes; linkage; memory; substance dependence

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ALLELE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CELL ADHESION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG ABUSE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INFORMATION; LABORATORY; MEMORY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PAIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEIZURE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SLEEP; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 33745338482     PISSN: 15455343     EISSN: 15455351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nurx.2006.05.006     Document Type: Article

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