A CHRNA5 allele related to nicotine addiction and schizophrenia

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 530-535

  Hong, L E ^a   Yang, X ^a   Wonodi, I ^a   Hodgkinson, C A ^b   Goldman, D ^b   Stine, O C ^a   Stein, E S ^c   Thaker, G K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE   (United States)

Author keywords

5; Comorbidity; NAChR; Nicotine addiction; Schizophrenia; Smoking

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE; NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR ALPHA5 SUBUNIT; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SMOKING; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

ADULT; ALLELES; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SMOKING; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 79959976439     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183X.2011.00689.x     Document Type: Article

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