Preliminary evidence for cue-induced alcohol craving modulated by serotonin transporter gene polymorphism rs1042173

Frontiers in Psychiatry

Volumn 3, Issue FEB, 2012, Pages

  Ait Daoud, Nassima ^a   Seneviratne, Chamindi ^a   Smith, Justin B ^a   Roache, John D ^b   Dawes, Michael A ^b   Liu, Lei ^c   Wang, Xin Qun ^c   Johnson, Bankole A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b University of Texas Health Science Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Craving; Genotype; Polymorphism; rs1042173; Serotonin transporter; SLC6A4 gene

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; TRYPTOPHAN;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MALE; PILOT STUDY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER GENE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 84866873356     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16640640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2012.00006     Document Type: Article

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