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Thr105Ile, a functional polymorphism of histamine N-methyltransferase, is associated with alcoholism in two independent populations.
Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research - 1 Mar 2005
Oroszi Gabor, Enoch Mary-Anne, Chun Jeffrey, Virkkunen Matti, Goldman David
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BACKGROUND: Histamine is expressed in cortical and limbic areas that are involved in emotion and cognition and modulates these behaviors. H1 receptor antagonists are sedative. Histamine N-methyltransferase (HNMT) catalyzes the Ntau methylation of histamine, the sole pathway for termination of the neurotransmitter action of histamine in mammalian brain. A common and functionally significant polymorphism, a C314T...
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