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Association of THR105Ile, a functional polymorphism of histamine N-methyltransferase (HNMT), with alcoholism in German Caucasians.
Drug and alcohol dependence - 23 Feb 2007
Reuter Martin, Jeste Neelum, Klein Thomas, Hennig Juergen, Goldman David, Enoch Mary-Anne, Oroszi Gabor
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BACKGROUND: CNS histamine has been shown to have an inhibitory effect on reward and it is implicated in the etiology of addiction and stress. Histamine N-methyltransferase (HNMT) is believed to be the sole pathway for termination of the neurotransmitter action of histamine in mammalian brain. A common, functional polymorphism, a C314T transition in the HNMT gene, results in a Thr105Ile substitution of the protein...
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