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Dopamine D4 receptor exon III alleles and variation of novelty seeking in alcoholics.
American journal of medical genetics - 19 Sept 1997
Sander T, Harms H, Dufeu P, Kuhn S, Rommelspacher H, Schmidt L G
Abstract excerpt
A dysfunction of dopaminergic neurotansmission has been implicated in alcohol-seeking behavior. Recently, a significant association between the seven-repeat allele (DRD4*7R) of a 16 amino acid motif in the third exon of the dopamine D4 receptor gene (DRD4) and the personality trait of novelty seeking has been reported. Our population-based association study tested the hypothesis that the DRD4*7R variant...
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