Genetics of addictions: Strategies for addressing heterogeneity and polygenicity of substance use disorders

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 363, Issue 1507, 2008, Pages 3213-3222

  Wong, Chloe C Y ^a   Schumann, Gunter ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Addictions; Animal models; Genetic; Heterogeneity; Neuroimaging; Translational

Indexed keywords

GENETICS; HETEROGENEITY; MODEL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDER; NEUROLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PSYCHOLOGY;

ANIMALIA;

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR;

ADDICTION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOMICS; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW;

CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOMICS; HUMANS; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; PHENOTYPE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 51449119864     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2008.0104     Document Type: Conference Paper

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