Genetic association study of GABRA2 single nucleotide polymorphisms and electroencephalography in alcohol dependence

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 500, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 162-166

  Lydall, G J ^a   Saini, J ^a   Ruparelia, K ^a   Montagnese, S ^a   McQuillin, A ^a   Guerrini, I ^b   Rao, H ^d   Reynolds, G ^e   Ball, D ^c   Smith, I ^f   Thomson, A D ^a,b   Morgan, M Y ^a   Gurling, H M D ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d EAST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^f GARTNAVEL ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol dependence; Association; Beta activity; Electroencephalogram; GABRA2; Genetic

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR GAMMA2;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DRUG DEPENDENCE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ALCOHOLISM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, GABA-A;

EID: 79960634574     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2011.05.240     Document Type: Article

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