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The dopamine transporter VNTR polymorphism moderates the relationship between acute response to alcohol and future alcohol use disorder symptoms.
Addiction biology - 1 Sept 2019
Schacht Joseph P, Anton Raymond F, McNamara Patrick J, Im Yeongbin, King Andrea C
Abstract excerpt
Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a genetically influenced disease with peak onset in young adulthood. Identification of factors that predict whether AUD symptoms will diminish or persist after young adulthood is a critical public health need. King and colleagues previously reported that acute response to alcohol predicted future AUD symptom trajectory. Genes associated with brain dopamine signaling, which underlies...
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