Article
Dopamine D4 receptors and the risk of cigarette smoking in African-Americans and Caucasians.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology - 1 Jun 1998
Shields P G, Lerman C, Audrain J, Bowman E D, Main D, Boyd N R, Caporaso N E
Abstract excerpt
An understanding of why people smoke cigarettes can have an important impact on smoking prevention and cessation. People smoke cigarettes to maintain nicotine levels in the body, and nicotine has been implicated in the stimulation of brain reward mechanisms via central neuronal dopaminergic pathw...
Topics
- Adult
- Alleles
- Black People
- Case-Control Studies
- Female
- Genotype
- Humans
- Male
- Odds Ratio
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Receptors, Dopamine D2
- Receptors, Dopamine D4
- Smoking
- Smoking Cessation
- Smoking Prevention
- White People
- Black or African American