Rare missense variants in CHRNB3 and CHRNA3 are associated with risk of alcohol and cocaine dependence

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 810-819

  Haller, Gabe ^a   Kapoor, Manav ^a   Budde, John ^a   Xuei, Xiaoling ^b   Edenberg, Howard ^b   Nurnberger, John ^b   Kramer, John ^c   Brooks, Andy ^d   Tischfield, Jay ^d   Almasy, Laura ^e   Agrawal, Arpana ^a   Bucholz, Kathleen ^a   Rice, John ^a   Saccone, Nancy ^a   Bierut, Laura ^a   Goate, Alison ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CHOLINERGIC NICOTINIC RECEPTOR A3; CHOLINERGIC NICOTINIC RECEPTOR A5; CHOLINERGIC NICOTINIC RECEPTOR A6; CHOLINERGIC NICOTINIC RECEPTOR B3; CHOLINERGIC NICOTINIC RECEPTOR B4; COCAINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA FLANKING REGION; DSM-IV; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 84892447453     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddt463     Document Type: Article

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