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The tachykinin receptor 3 is associated with alcohol and cocaine dependence.
Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research - 1 Jun 2008
Foroud Tatiana, Wetherill Leah Flury, Kramer John, Tischfield Jay A, Nurnberger John I, Schuckit Marc A, Xuei Xiaoling, Edenberg Howard J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: A broad region on chromosome 4q was previously linked to the phenotype of alcohol dependence in the Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Alcoholism sample. A strong positional candidate gene was identified within this region: tachykinin receptor 3 gene (TACR3), which encodes tachykinin receptor 3 (NK3R), the receptor for the tachykinin 3 (neurokinin B) peptide. Pharmacological studies have provided...
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