Gamma-aminobutyric acid receptor genes and nicotine dependence: Evidence for association from a case-control study

Addiction

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1027-1038

  Agrawal, Arpana ^a   Pergadia, Michele L ^a   Saccone, Scott F ^a   Hinrichs, Anthony L ^a   Lessov Schlaggar, Christina N ^b   Saccone, Nancy L ^a   Neuman, Rosalind J ^a   Breslau, Naomi ^c   Johnson, Eric ^d   Hatsukami, Dorothy ^e   Montgomery, Grant W ^f   Heath, Andrew C ^a   Martin, Nicholas G ^f   Goate, Alison M ^a   Rice, John P ^a   Bierut, Laura J ^a   Madden, Pamela A F ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^f QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Association; GABA; Nicotine dependence; NICSNP

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHROMOSOME 4; CHROMOSOME 5; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; GABBR2 GENE; GABRA2 GENE; GABRA4 GENE; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, 4-5; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; RECEPTORS, GABA; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 43949146623     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2008.02236.x     Document Type: Article

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