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Association study between the DAT1, DBH and DRD2 genes and cocaine dependence in a Spanish sample.
Psychiatric genetics - 1 Dec 2010
Fernàndez-Castillo Noèlia, Ribasés Marta, Roncero Carlos, Casas Miquel, Gonzalvo Begoña, Cormand Bru
Abstract excerpt
Drug addiction is a complex neuropsychiatric disorder involving the environmental and genetic factors. Genetic and physiological evidences suggest that the dopaminergic system may play an important role in cocaine abuse and dependence. Several association studies have focused on dopaminergic genes. We genotyped the Int8 and 3'UTR variable number of tandem repeats of the dopamine transporter gene (DAT1/SLC6A3),...
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