Association between a polymorphism in the promoter of a glutamate receptor subunit gene (GRIN2A) and alcoholism

Addiction Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 783-785

  Domart, Marie Charlotte ^a   Benyamina, Amine ^b,c   Lemoine, Antoinette ^a   Bourgain, Catherine ^c   Blecha, Lisa ^b,c   Debuire, Brigitte ^a   Reynaud, Michel ^b,c   Saffroy, Raphaël ^a  

^a ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^b HÔPITAL PAUL BROUSSE   (France)

^c Universite Paris Sud   (France)

Author keywords

(GT) n repeat; Addiction; alcohol dependence; glutamate; GRIN2A; NMDA

Indexed keywords

HOMOCYSTEINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2A;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

EID: 84863455251     PISSN: 13556215     EISSN: 13691600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-1600.2011.00321.x     Document Type: Article

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