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Norepinephrine transporter gene polymorphism is not associated with susceptibility to alcohol dependence.
Psychiatry research - 30 Aug 2002
Samochowiec Jerzy, Kucharska-Mazur Jolanta, Kaminski Ryszard, Smolka Michael, Rommelschpacher Hans, Wernicke Catrin, Tymicz Agnieszka, Schmidt Lutz Gerhardt
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Abnormalities in monoamine neurotransmission have been implicated in the pathogenesis of alcoholism, mood disorders and schizophrenia. Murine norepinephrine transporter gene (NET) has been mapped to a region on chromosome 8 where a quantitative trait locus for ethanol sensitivity. Therefore we te...
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