The genetic basis of delay discounting and its genetic relationship to alcohol dependence

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 10-17

  Mitchell, Suzanne H ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol dependence; Delay discounting; Genetics; Human; Mouse; Rat

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; LITERATURE REVIEW; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM; RODENT;

ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; DELAY DISCOUNTING; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; REWARD; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ALCOHOLISM; ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; RATS; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 79954926033     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2011.02.008     Document Type: Article

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