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Serotonin transporter gene variation is associated with alcohol sensitivity in rhesus macaques exposed to early-life stress.
Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research - 1 May 2003
Barr Christina S, Newman Timothy K, Becker Michelle L, Champoux Maribeth, Lesch Klaus Peter, Suomi Stephen J, Goldman David, Higley J Dee
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BACKGROUND: Decreased sensitivity to alcohol has been demonstrated to be a predictor of alcoholism in humans, and variation in the gene-linked polymorphic region of the serotonin transporter (5-HTTLPR) is associated with the response to the motor-impairing effects of alcohol. In a nonhuman primate model of excessive alcohol intake, we have shown that decreased serotonin turnover is associated with both lower...
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