Examination of genetic variation in GABRA2 with conduct disorder and alcohol abuse and dependence in a longitudinal study

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 356-367

  Melroy, Whitney E ^a   Stephens, Sarah H ^b   Sakai, Joseph T ^c   Kamens, Helen M ^d   McQueen, Matthew B ^a   Corley, Robin P ^a   Stallings, Michael C ^a   Hopfer, Christian J ^c   Krauter, Kenneth S ^a   Brown, Sandra A ^e   Hewitt, John K ^a   Ehringer, Marissa A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Association; Gamma aminobutyric acid receptor alpha 2; Human genetic study; Single nucleotide polymorphisms

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA2; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; GABRA2 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONDUCT DISORDER; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOLISM; CONDUCT DISORDER; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903817117     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: 15733297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-014-9653-y     Document Type: Article

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