Association study of 37 genes related to serotonin and dopamine neurotransmission and neurotrophic factors in cocaine dependence

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 39-46

  Fernandez Castillo N ^a,b   Roncero, C ^c,e,f   Grau Lopez, L ^c,e,f   Barral, C ^c,e,f   Prat, G ^g   Rodriguez Cintas, L ^e,f   Sanchez Mora C ^c,e,f   Gratacos M ^f,h   Ramos Quiroga, J A ^c,d,f   Casas, M ^c,d,f   Ribases M ^c,e,f   Cormand, B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE ENFERMEDADES RARAS CIBERER   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^f INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^g Althaia   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

5 HT2A; Addiction; Case control association study; Cocaine dependence; Dopamine; Genetics; HTR2A; Neurotransmission; Neurotrophic factors; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

DNA; DOPAMINE; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR HTR2A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT2A; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE;

EID: 84872687261     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gbb.12013     Document Type: Article

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