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Ventral midbrain correlation between genetic variation and expression of the dopamine transporter gene in cocaine-abusing versus non-abusing subjects.
Addiction biology - 1 Jan 2014
Zhou Yanhong, Michelhaugh Sharon K, Schmidt Carl J, Liu Jun S, Bannon Michael J, Lin Zhicheng
Abstract excerpt
Altered activity of the human dopamine transporter gene (hDAT) is associated with several common and severe brain disorders, including cocaine abuse. However, there is little a priori information on whether such alterations are due to nature (genetic variation) or nurture (human behaviors such as...
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