Multiple polymorphisms in genes of the adrenergic stress system confer vulnerability to alcohol abuse

Addiction Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 202-208

  Clarke, Toni Kim ^a   Dempster, Emma ^a   Docherty, Sophia J ^a   Desrivieres, Sylvane ^a   Lourdsamy, Anbarasu ^a   Wodarz, Norbert ^b   Ridinger, Moniker ^b   Maier, Wolfgang ^c   Rietschel, Marcella ^d   Schumann, Gunter ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d Central Institute of Mental Health   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; genetics; noradrenaline; norepinephrine; positive family history; stress

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; NORADRENALIN TRANSPORTER; SLC6A2 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; NOREPINEPHRINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; ODDS RATIO; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-2; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84255177253     PISSN: 13556215     EISSN: 13691600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-1600.2010.00263.x     Document Type: Article

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