The dopamine transporter gene, a spectrum of most common risky behaviors, and the legal status of the behaviors

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Guo, Guang ^a,b   Cai, Tianji ^a   Guo, Rui ^c   Wang, Hongyu ^d   Harris, Kathleen Mullan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; COCAINE; ILLICIT DRUG; DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER; SLC6A3 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELINQUENCY; DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER GENE; DRINKING; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; GENE; GENE INTERACTION; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MATURATION; OFFENDER; PARENT; PROTECTION; SEATBELT; SEXUALITY; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; ADDICTION; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENETICS; INTELLIGENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

CANNABIS SATIVA;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CHILD; DOPAMINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SMOKING; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949640884     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009352     Document Type: Article

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