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Limited associations of dopamine system genes with alcohol dependence and related traits in the Irish Affected Sib Pair Study of Alcohol Dependence (IASPSAD).
Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research - 1 Feb 2011
Hack Laura M, Kalsi Gursharan, Aliev Fazil, Kuo Po-Hsiu, Prescott Carol A, Patterson Diana G, Walsh Dermot, Dick Danielle M, Riley Brien P, Kendler Kenneth S
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BACKGROUND: Over 50 years of evidence from research has established that the central dopaminergic reward pathway is likely involved in alcohol dependence (AD). Additional evidence supports a role for dopamine (DA) in other disinhibitory psychopathology, which is often comorbid with AD. Family and...
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