From QTL to candidate gene: A genetic approach to alcoholism research

Current Drug Abuse Reviews

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 127-134

  Spence, John P ^a   Liang, Tiebing ^a   Liu, Lixiang ^a   Johnson, Philip L ^a   Foroud, Tatiana ^a   Carr, Lucinda G ^a   Shekhar, Anantha ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Alpha synuclein (Snca); Candidate gene; Corticotrophin releasing factor receptor 2 (Crhr2); Neuropeptide Y (Npy); QTL mapping; Selective breeding

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR 2; LEUCINE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PROLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR; CRF RECEPTOR TYPE 2;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CHROMOSOME 4; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS MAPPING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; WISTAR RAT; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENETICS; METABOLISM; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; RAT; REVIEW;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; ALCOHOLISM; ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE;

EID: 70349899234     PISSN: 18744737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874473710902020127     Document Type: Article

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