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Dopamine D2 receptor polymorphisms and susceptibility to alcohol dependence in Indian males: a preliminary study

BACKGROUND: Dopamine is an important neurotransmitter involved in reward mechanism in the brain and thereby influences development and relapse of alcohol dependence. The dopamine D2 receptor (DRD2) gene on chromosome 11 (q22-q23) has been found to be associated with increased alcohol consumption thr...

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Autores principales: Prasad, Pushplata, Ambekar, Atul, Vaswani, Meera
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2829542/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20146828
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2350-11-24