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A complex interplay between personality domains, marital status and a variant in CHRNA5 on the risks of cocaine, nicotine dependences and cocaine-induced paranoia.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Zayats Tetyana, Yang Bao-Zhu, Xie Pingxing, Poling James, Farrer Lindsay A, Gelernter Joel
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Personality correlates highly with both cocaine and nicotine dependencies (CD, ND), and their co-morbid psychopathologies. However, little is known about the nature of these relationships. This study examined if environment (marriage) or genetics (a single SNP, CHRNA5*rs16969968) would moderate the correlation of personality with CD, ND and cocaine-induced paranoia (CIP) in African and European...
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