Reward-related genes and personality traits in alcohol-dependent individuals: A pilot case control study

Neuropsychobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 38-46

  Landgren, Sara ^a   Berglund, Kristina ^b   Jerlhag, Elisabet ^a   Fahlke, Claudia ^b   Balldin, Jan ^c   Berggren, Ulf ^c   Zetterberg, Henrik ^a   Blennow, Kaj ^a   Engel, Jörgen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Dopamine; Ghrelin; Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor; Personality; Single nucleotide polymorphism; Temperament and Character Inventory

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; GHRELIN; GHRELIN RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR BETA3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF DIRECTEDNESS; SELF TRANSCENDENCE; SENSATION SEEKING; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; GHRELIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2; RECEPTORS, GHRELIN; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; REWARD;

EID: 79956192403     PISSN: 0302282X     EISSN: 14230224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000324992     Document Type: Article

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