GABRA2 markers moderate the subjective effects of alcohol

Addiction Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 357-369

  Uhart, Magdalena ^a,b   Weerts, Elise M ^a   McCaul, Mary E ^a   Guo, Xiuqing ^c   Yan, Xiaofei ^c   Kranzler, Henry R ^d   Li, Ning ^c   Wand, Gary S ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol dependence; alcoholism; GABA; GABRA2; single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs); subjective response

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA2;

ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL USE DISORDER; ALCOHOLISM; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 4; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLISM; ALLELES; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 4; COHORT STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOPHENOTYPES; ETHANOL; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAPLOTYPES; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; PLACEBOS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874400897     PISSN: 13556215     EISSN: 13691600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-1600.2012.00457.x     Document Type: Article

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