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Association study of the tumor necrosis factor-alpha gene and its 1A receptor gene with methamphetamine dependence.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - 1 Aug 2006
Nomura A, Ujike H, Tanaka Y, Kishimoto M, Otani K, Morita Y, Morio A, Harano M, Inada T, Yamada M, Komiyama T, Hori T, Sekine Y, Iwata N, Sora I, Iyo M, Ozaki N, Kuroda S
Abstract excerpt
Recent preclinical findings that repeated treatment with methamphetamine (METH) induced an increase in tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) mRNA in some brain regions and that TNF-alpha blocked METH neurotoxicity and rewarding effects suggest TNF-alpha, a multifunctional pro-inflammatory cytokine, may be involved in METH dependence. We hypothesized that genetic polymorphisms of the TNF-alpha gene and its...
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