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Pharmacogenetic approach at the serotonin transporter gene as a method of reducing the severity of alcohol drinking.
The American journal of psychiatry - 1 Mar 2011
Johnson Bankole A, Ait-Daoud Nassima, Seneviratne Chamindi, Roache John D, Javors Martin A, Wang Xin-Qun, Liu Lei, Penberthy J Kim, DiClemente Carlo C, Li Ming D
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Severe drinking can cause serious morbidity and death. Because the serotonin transporter (5-HTT) is an important regulator of neuronal 5-HT function, allelic differences at that gene may modulate the severity of alcohol consumption and predict therapeutic response to the 5-HT(3) receptor antagonist, ondansetron. METHOD: The authors randomized 283 alcoholics by genotype in the 5'-regulatory region of...
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