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Alcohol Consumption in Healthy OPRM1 G Allele Carriers and Its Association with Impulsive Behavior.
Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire) - 1 Jul 2015
Pfeifer P, Sariyar M, Eggermann T, Zerres K, Vernaleken I, Tüscher O, Fehr C
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AIMS: A link between alcohol use disorders (AUD) and impulsivity is well established. As there is evidence for the heritability of AUD, the investigation of the underlying genetic disposition for both conditions is an important issue. An association between AUD and a coding single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) (rs1799971 encoding an Asn40Asp amino acid substitution, A118G) within the µ-opioid receptor 1 gene...
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