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Variants in nicotinic receptors and risk for nicotine dependence
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Variants in nicotinic receptors and risk for nicotine dependence

Laura Jean Bierut, Jerry A Stitzel, Jen C Wang, Anthony L Hinrichs, Richard A Grucza, Xiaoling Xuei, Nancy L Saccone, Scott F Saccone, Sarah Bertelsen, Louis Fox, …
The American journal of psychiatry, Vol.165(9), pp.1163-1171
09/2008
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2008.07111711
PMCID: PMC2574742
PMID: 18519524
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https://soar.suny.edu/bitstream/20.500.12648/8218/1/nihms55336.pdfView
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Abstract

A recent study provisionally identified numerous genetic variants as risk factors for the transition from smoking to the development of nicotine dependence, including an amino acid change in the alpha5 nicotinic cholinergic receptor (CHRNA5). The purpose of this study was to replicate these findings in an independent data set and more thoroughly investigate the role of genetic variation in the cluster of physically linked nicotinic receptors, CHRNA5-CHRNA3-CHRNB4, and the risk of smoking.
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