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Ondansetron reduces naturalistic drinking in nontreatment-seeking alcohol-dependent individuals with the LL 5'-HTTLPR genotype: a laboratory study.
Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research - 1 Jun 2014
Kenna George A, Zywiak William H, Swift Robert M, McGeary John E, Clifford James S, Shoaff Jessica R, Vuittonet Cynthia, Fricchione Samuel, Brickley Michael, Beaucage Kayla, Haass-Koffler Carolina L, Leggio Lorenzo
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BACKGROUND: One hypothesis suggests that the differential response to ondansetron- and serotonin-specific re-uptake inhibitors (SSRIs) may be due to a functional polymorphism of the 5'-HTTLPR promoter region in SLC6A4, the gene that codes for the serotonin transporter (5-HTT). The LL 5'-HTTLPR ge...
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