N-methyl-D-aspartate 2b receptor subtype (NR2B) promoter methylation in patients during alcohol withdrawal

Journal of Neural Transmission

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 615-622

  Biermann, Teresa ^a   Reulbach, Udo ^a,b   Lenz, Bernd ^a   Frieling, Helge ^a   Muschler, Marc ^c   Hillemacher, Thomas ^c   Kornhuber, Johannes ^a   Bleich, Stefan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol withdrawal; Alcoholism; DNA methylation; mRNA; NR2B receptor

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BISULFITE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2B; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CPG ISLAND; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EPIGENETICS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN METHYLATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ADULT; ALCOHOL-INDUCED DISORDERS, NERVOUS SYSTEM; ALCOHOLISM; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; COHORT STUDIES; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 67349196360     PISSN: 03009564     EISSN: 14351463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00702-009-0212-2     Document Type: Article

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