Genetic Variation of the Ghrelin Signalling System in Individuals with Amphetamine Dependence

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Suchankova, Petra ^a   Jerlhag, Elisabet ^a   Jayaram Lindström, Nitya ^b   Nilsson, Staffan ^c   Toren, Kjell ^a   Rosengren, Annika ^a   Engel, Jörgen A ^a   Franck, Johan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; GHRELIN; GHRELIN RECEPTOR;

ADDICTION SEVERITY INTERVIEW; ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GHRL GENE; GHSR GENE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHAMPHETAMINE DEPENDENCE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PATHOGENESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SWEDEN;

ADULT; ALLELES; AMPHETAMINE; AMPHETAMINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC VARIATION; GHRELIN; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, GHRELIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; YOUNG ADULT;

MUS;

EID: 84876000166     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0061242     Document Type: Article

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