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Association of a polymorphism in the Homer1 gene with cocaine dependence in an African American population.
Psychiatric genetics - 1 Dec 2005
Dahl John P, Kampman Kyle M, Oslin David W, Weller Andrew E, Lohoff Falk W, Ferraro Thomas N, O'Brien Charles P, Berrettini Wade H
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OBJECTIVE: While twin and adoption studies have demonstrated that up to 70% of the risk for becoming addicted to cocaine is due to genetic factors, identifying specific genes involved in the development or progression of cocaine dependence has been difficult. The purpose of this study is to determine whether single-nucleotide polymorphisms in the Homer1 and Homer2 genes associate with the cocaine-dependent...
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