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A Highly Polymorphic Copy Number Variant in the NSF Gene is Associated with Cocaine Dependence.
Scientific reports - 8 Aug 2016
Cabana-Domínguez Judit, Roncero Carlos, Grau-López Lara, Rodríguez-Cintas Laia, Barral Carmen, Abad Alfonso C, Erikson Galina, Wineinger Nathan E, Torrico Bàrbara, Arenas Concepció, Casas Miquel, Ribasés Marta, Cormand Bru, Fernàndez-Castillo Noèlia
Abstract excerpt
Cocaine dependence is a complex psychiatric disorder involving both genetic and environmental factors. Several neurotransmitter systems mediate cocaine's effects, dependence and relapse, being the components of the neurotransmitter release machinery good candidates for the disorder. Previously, we identified a risk haplotype for cocaine dependence in the NSF gene, encoding the protein N-Ethylmaleimide-Sensitive...
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