Using Expression Genetics to Study the Neurobiology of Ethanol and Alcoholism

International Review of Neurobiology

Volumn 91, Issue C, 2010, Pages 95-128

  Farris, Sean P ^a   Wolen, Aaron R ^a   Miles, Michael F ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral genetics; Brain gene expression; Ethanol; Genetical genomics; Microarrays

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BETA2; ALCOHOL; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ALCOHOLISM; BOOK; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; HUMAN; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS MAPPING; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 77956141519     PISSN: 00747742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0074-7742(10)91004-0     Document Type: Chapter

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