Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid System Genes-No Evidence for a Role in Alcohol Use and Abuse in a Community-Based Sample

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 938-947

  Irons, Daniel E ^a   Iacono, William G ^a   Oetting, William S ^b   Kirkpatrick, Robert M ^a,d   Vrieze, Scott I ^c   Miller, Michael B ^a   Mcgue, Matt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol Dependence; Association; GABA; Genetics; Aminobutyric Acid

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA1; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA2; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA3; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA4; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA6; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BETA1; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BETA2; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR GAMMA2; CACNA1A PROTEIN; GABA TRANSPORTER 1; GABA TRANSPORTER 2; GABA TRANSPORTER 3; GABARAPL1 PROTEIN; GABARAPL2 PROTEIN; GABBR1 PROTEIN; GABRE PROTEIN; GABRP PROTEIN; GABRQ PROTEIN; GABRR2 PROTEIN; GABRR3 PROTEIN; GAD1 PROTEIN; GAD2 PROTEIN; GNA12 PROTEIN; GPR156 PROTEIN; SLC6A12 PROTEIN; SLC6A7 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VESICULAR INHIBITORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ALLELE; ARTICLE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; TWINS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84898031802     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acer.12352     Document Type: Article

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