HPA-axis activity in alcoholism: Examples for a gene-environment interaction

Addiction Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-14

  Clarke, Toni Kim ^a   Treutlein, Jens ^b   Zimmermann, Ulrich S ^c   Kiefer, Falk ^b   Skowronek, Markus H ^b   Rietschel, Marcella ^b   Mann, Karl ^b   Schumann, Gunter ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Gene environment interactions; Genetics; Heterogeneity; HPA axis; Stress

Indexed keywords

3 (4 CHLORO 2 MORPHOLIN 4 YL THIAZOL 5 YL) 8 (1 ETHYLPROPUL) 2,6 DIMETHYL IMDAZO [1,2 B]PYRIDAZINE; ARGIPRESSIN; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; PYRIDAZINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR GENE; ALCOHOLISM; AVPR1B GENE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DNA BINDING; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FKBP5 GENE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENE; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MENTAL DISEASE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NR3C1 GENE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOBIOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RNA BINDING; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STRESS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ALCOHOLISM; ANIMALS; AROUSAL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; PHENOTYPE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 38849142061     PISSN: 13556215     EISSN: 13691600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-1600.2007.00084.x     Document Type: Review

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