Article
Dopamine D2-receptor gene polymorphisms in Scandinavian chronic alcoholics.
European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience - 1 Jan 1994
Geijer T, Neiman J, Rydberg U, Gyllander A, Jönsson E, Sedvall G, Valverius P, Terenius L
Abstract excerpt
Alterations in the dopamine system have been hypothesized as a predisposing factor in alcoholism. The presence of the TaqI A1 and B1 alleles adjacent to the dopamine D 2-receptor gene (DRD2) was studied in Scandinavian alcoholic inpatients (n = 74), alcoholics autopsied at a forensic clinic (n =...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Alcoholism
- Alleles
- Autopsy
- Blotting, Southern
- DNA
- Endonucleases
- Female
- Forensic Psychiatry
- Hospitalization
- Humans
- Hybridization, Genetic
- Inactivation, Metabolic
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Psychiatric Status Rating Scales