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A CHRNA5 allele related to nicotine addiction and schizophrenia.
Genes, brain, and behavior - 1 Jul 2011
Hong L E, Yang X, Wonodi I, Hodgkinson C A, Goldman D, Stine O C, Stein E S, Thaker G K
Abstract excerpt
Schizophrenia and nicotine addiction are both highly heritable phenotypes. Because individuals with schizophrenia have a higher rate of smoking than those in the general population, one could hypothesize that genes associated with smoking might be overrepresented in schizophrenia and thus help explain their increased smoking incidence. Although a number of genes have been proposed to explain the increased smoking...
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