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Human variation in alcohol response is influenced by variation in neuronal signaling genes.
Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research - 1 May 2010
Joslyn Geoff, Ravindranathan Ajay, Brush Gerry, Schuckit Marc, White Raymond L
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BACKGROUND: Alcohol use disorders (AUD) exhibit the properties shared by common conditions and diseases classified as genetically complex. The etiology of AUDs is heterogeneous involving mostly unknown interactions of environmental and heritable factors. A person's level of response (LR) to alcohol is inversely correlated with a family history and the development of AUDs. As an AUD endophenotype, alcohol LR is...
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