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Linkage of antisocial alcoholism to the serotonin 5-HT1B receptor gene in 2 populations.
Archives of general psychiatry - 1 Nov 1998
Lappalainen J, Long J C, Eggert M, Ozaki N, Robin R W, Brown G L, Naukkarinen H, Virkkunen M, Linnoila M, Goldman D
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BACKGROUND: In mice, quantitative trait locus studies and behavioral evaluation of animals deleted for 5-HT1B have implicated this serotonin autoreceptor in alcohol consumption and aggressive behavior. We therefore investigated whether the 5-HT1B gene (HTR1B) is linked to alcoholism with aggressive and impulsive behavior in the human, as represented by 2 psychiatric diagnoses: antisocial personality disorder and...
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