The CHRNA5/A3/B4 Gene Cluster Variability as an Important Determinant of Early Alcohol and Tobacco Initiation in Young Adults

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1039-1046

  Schlaepfer, Isabel R ^a   Hoft, Nicole R ^a   Collins, Allan C ^a   Corley, Robin P ^a   Hewitt, John K ^a   Hopfer, Christian J ^b   Lessem, Jeffrey M ^a   McQueen, Matthew B ^a   Rhee, Soo Hyun ^a   Ehringer, Marissa A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Age of initiation; alcohol use; genetic association; nicotinic receptors; SNP; tobacco use

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHRNA3 GENE; CHRNA5 GENE; CHRNB4 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ALCOHOLISM; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 43049176325     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2007.10.024     Document Type: Article

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