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Stress-related genes and heroin addiction: a role for a functional FKBP5 haplotype.
Psychoneuroendocrinology - 1 Jul 2014
Levran O, Peles E, Randesi M, Li Y, Rotrosen J, Ott J, Adelson M, Kreek M J
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BACKGROUND: Stress is a critical risk factor affecting both the development of and the relapse to drug addictions. Drug addictions are caused by genetic, environmental and drug-induced factors. The objective of this hypothesis-driven association study was to determine if genetic variants in stress-related genes are associated with heroin addiction. METHODS: 112 selected genetic variants in 26 stress-related genes...
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