Linkage disequilibrium and association analysis of α-synuclein and alcohol and drug dependence in two American Indian populations

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 546-554

  Clarimon, Jordi ^a   Gray, Rebecca R ^b   Williams, Lindsey N ^b   Enoch, Mary Anne ^c   Robin, Robert W ^d   Albaugh, Bernard ^e   Singleton, Andrew ^a   Goldman, David ^c   Mulligan, Connie J ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b University of Florida ^*  (United States)

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

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Center for Human Behavior Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

Synuclein; Alcohol Dependence; Association Analysis; Drug Dependence; NACP REP1

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ALLELE; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CAUCASIAN; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC DATABASE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOLISM; ALLELES; ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

RATTUS;

EID: 33947272222     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2007.00338.x     Document Type: Article

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