COMT and ALDH2 polymorphisms moderate associations of implicit drinking motives with alcohol use

Addiction Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 192-201

  Hendershot, Christian S ^a,b   Lindgren, Kristen P ^c   Liang, Tiebing ^d   Hutchison, Kent E ^a,b  

^a MIND RESEARCH NETWORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; aldehyde dehydrogenase; catechol O methyltransferase; drinking motives; implicit association test; implicit cognitions

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; ASSOCIATION; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; STUDENTS; WASHINGTON; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84255177239     PISSN: 13556215     EISSN: 13691600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-1600.2010.00286.x     Document Type: Article

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