Family history of alcoholism is associated with lower 5-HT2A receptor binding in the prefrontal cortex

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 593-599

  Underwood, Mark D ^a,b   Mann, J John ^a,b   Huang, Yung Yu ^a,b   Arango, Victoria ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*

Author keywords

Genotyping; Human; Postmortem; Quantitative Autoradiography; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

KETANSERIN; SEROTONIN 2A RECEPTOR; TRITIUM;

ADULT; AGING; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECEPTOR BINDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; KETANSERIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT2A; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

RATTUS;

EID: 41149171360     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2007.00610.x     Document Type: Article

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