Article
Dopamine transporter gene polymorphism and alcoholism.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 6 Jun 1995
Muramatsu T, Higuchi S
Abstract excerpt
In this search for a possible association between the dopamine transporter gene (DAT1) polymorphism and alcoholism, 655 Japanese alcoholics were grouped according to their aldehyde dehydrogenase-2 (ALDH2) genotypes. Because inactive ALDH2 is an established negative risk factor for alcoholism, alc...
Topics
- Alcoholism
- Aldehyde Dehydrogenase
- Alleles
- Base Sequence
- Carrier Proteins
- DNA
- DNA Primers
- Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins
- Female
- Gene Frequency
- Genotype
- Humans
- Male
- Membrane Glycoproteins
- Membrane Transport Proteins
- Middle Aged
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Nerve Tissue Proteins