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The additive effect of neurotransmitter genes in pathological gambling.
Clinical genetics - 1 Aug 2001
Comings D E, Gade-Andavolu R, Gonzalez N, Wu S, Muhleman D, Chen C, Koh P, Farwell K, Blake H, Dietz G, MacMurray J P, Lesieur H R, Rugle L J, Rosenthal R J
Abstract excerpt
As access to gambling increases there is a corresponding increase in the frequency of addiction to gambling, known as pathological gambling. Studies have shown that a number of different neurotransmitters are affected in pathological gamblers and that genetic factors play a role. Polymorphisms at 31 different genes involved in dopamine, serotonin, norepinephrine, GABA and neurotransmitters were genotyped in 139...
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