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CHRNA5/A3/B4 Variant rs3743078 and Nicotine-Related Phenotypes: Indirect Effects Through Nicotine Craving.
Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs - 1 Mar 2016
Shmulewitz Dvora, Meyers Jacquelyn L, Wall Melanie M, Aharonovich Efrat, Frisch Amos, Spivak Baruch, Weizman Abraham, Edenberg Howard J, Gelernter Joel, Hasin Deborah S
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Nicotine craving is considered an important element in the persistence of cigarette smoking, but little is known about the role of craving in the widely recognized association between variants mapped to the neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (CHRN) genes on chromosome 15 and nicotine phenotypes. METHOD: The associations between CHRNA5-CHRNA3-CHRNB4 variants and cigarettes per day (CPD), the...
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