Epigenetic alteration of the dopamine transporter gene in alcohol-dependent patients is associated with age

Addiction Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 305-311

  Nieratschker, Vanessa ^a   Grosshans, Martin ^a   Frank, Josef ^a   Strohmaier, Jana ^a   Von Der Goltz, Christoph ^a   El Maarri, Osman ^b   Witt, Stephanie H ^a   Cichon, Sven ^b,c   Nöthen, Markus M ^b,d   Kiefer, Falk ^a   Rietschel, Marcella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^d GERMAN CENTER FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES DZNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age; alcohol dependence; craving; DNA methylation; dopamine transporter; epigenetic

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER;

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOLISM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PROMOTER REGION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOLISM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; DOPAMINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEX FACTORS; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 84894453374     PISSN: 13556215     EISSN: 13691600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-1600.2012.00459.x     Document Type: Article

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