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HPA-axis activity in alcoholism: examples for a gene-environment interaction.
Addiction biology - 1 Mar 2008
Clarke Toni-Kim, Treutlein Jens, Zimmermann Ulrich S, Kiefer Falk, Skowronek Markus H, Rietschel Marcella, Mann Karl, Schumann Gunter
Abstract excerpt
Genetic and environmental influences are both known to be causal factors in the development and maintenance of substance abuse disorders. This review aims to focus on the contributions of genetic and environmental research to the understanding of alcoholism and how gene-environment interactions result in a variety of addiction phenotypes. Gene-environment interactions have been reviewed by focusing on one of the...
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