Alcoholics with the dopamine receptor DRD2 A1 allele have lower platelet monoamine oxidase-B activity than those with the A2 allele: a preliminary study.

doi:10.1093/alcalc/35.5.493

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Alcoholics with the dopamine receptor DRD2 A1 allele have lower platelet monoamine oxidase-B activity than those with the A2 allele: a preliminary study.

Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire) - 1 Jan 2000

Eriksson M, Berggren U, Blennow K, Fahlke C, Månsson J E, Balldin J

Abstract excerpt

Low platelet monoamine oxidase B (MAO-B) activity and the presence of the Taq1 A1 allele of the dopamine D2 receptor (DRD2) gene have independently been proposed as 'biological/genetic' markers for alcoholism. In the present study, the relationship between these two markers was investigated in a group of socially stable Caucasian middle-aged men with a mean (+/-SD) daily ethanol consumption of 85 +/- 57 g. The...

Topics

Adult
Aged
Alcoholism
Alleles
Analysis of Variance
Blood Platelets
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Monoamine Oxidase
Polymorphism, Genetic
Receptors, Dopamine D2

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PMID: 11022024
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/35.5.493

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DRD2

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