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Association between polymorphism in intron 1 of cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript gene with alcoholism, but not with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia in Korean population.
Neuroscience letters - 15 Jul 2004
Jung Sung Koo, Hong Mee-Suk, Suh Gil-Joon, Jin Sheng-Yu, Lee Hee Jae, Kim Bum Shik, Lim Yun Jeong, Kim Mi Kyoung, Park Hun-Kuk, Chung Joo-Ho, Yim Sung-Vin
Abstract excerpt
Cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript (CART) peptide is a novel neuropeptide involved in feeding, drug reward, and stress. We hypothesized that the polymorphism of CART gene might be related with susceptibility to neuropsychiatric diseases such as alcoholism, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia. The polymorphism (rs2239670) in intron 1 was selected for study among other single nucleotide polymorphisms...
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