Article
Recent developments in alcoholism:molecular biology and behavior.
Recent developments in alcoholism : an official publication of the American Medical Society on Alcoholism, the Research Society on Alcoholism, and the National Council on Alcoholism - 1 Jan 1993
Noble E P, Paredes A
Abstract excerpt
Following our initial observation that the A1 allele of the D2 dopamine receptor (DRD2) gene was associated with alcoholism, a number of studies, both in the United States and abroad, have attempted to replicate and extend this finding in different Caucasian populations. In nine independent studi...
Topics
- Alcoholism
- Alleles
- Chromosome Mapping
- Humans
- Models, Genetic
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
- Receptors, Dopamine D2
- Risk Factors
- Social Environment