Voluntary Intravenous Self-Administration of Alcohol Detects an Interaction Between GABAergic Manipulation and GABRG1 Polymorphism Genotype: A Pilot Study

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 37, Issue SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages

  Plawecki, Martin H ^a   Wetherill, Leah ^a   Vitvitskiy, Victor ^a   Kosobud, Ann ^a   Zimmermann, Ulrich S ^b   Edenberg, Howard J ^a   O'Connor, Sean ^a,c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^c RICHARD L ROUDEBUSH VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; GABRA2; GABRG1; Operant behavior; Physiologically based pharmacokinetic model; Progressive ratio

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA2; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR GAMMA1; ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ETHANOL; FEMALE; GABA MODULATORS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; SELF ADMINISTRATION; SOFTWARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872493619     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2012.01885.x     Document Type: Article

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