Genetic influences on the development of alcoholism

Current Psychiatry Reports

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Enoch, Mary Anne ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

Author keywords

5 HTTLPR; Addictions array; ADH1B; Alcohol use disorders; ALDH2; AUTS2; CHD13; Childhood trauma; COGA; CRHR1; Exome sequencing; Flushing response; GABRA2; GABRG1; Gene environment interactions; GSA; GWAS; HTR2B; HTR3A; HTR3B; MAOA; NESARC; Pharmacogenetics; RNA Seq; SGIP1

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA2;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL METABOLISM; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CRHR1 GENE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; GABRA2 GENE; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STRESS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; REVIEW;

ALCOHOLISM; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84893188456     PISSN: 15233812     EISSN: 15351645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11920-013-0412-1     Document Type: Article

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