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The role of the SLC6A3 3' UTR VNTR in nicotine effects on cognitive, affective, and motor function.
Psychopharmacology - 1 Feb 2022
Schröder Rebekka, Reuter Martin, Faßbender Kaja, Plieger Thomas, Poulsen Jessie, Lui Simon S Y, Chan Raymond C K, Ettinger Ulrich
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RATIONALE: Nicotine has been widely studied for its pro-dopaminergic effects. However, at the behavioural level, past investigations have yielded heterogeneous results concerning effects on cognitive, affective, and motor outcomes, possibly linked to individual differences at the level of genetics. A candidate polymorphism is the 40-base-pair variable number of tandem repeats polymorphism (rs28363170) in the...
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