Catechol-O-methyltransferase gene methylation and substance use in adolescents: The TRAILS study

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 618-625

  van der Knaap, L J ^a   Schaefer, J M ^a   Franken, I H A ^a,b   Verhulst, F C ^a   van Oort, F V A ^a   Riese, H ^c  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescence; COMT; DNA methylation; Epigenetics; Rs4680; Substance use

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHIONINE; VALINE; COMT PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANNABIS USE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SMOKING; SUBSTANCE USE; CANNABIS SMOKING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; GENETICS;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SMOKING;

EID: 84907835136     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gbb.12147     Document Type: Article

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