## Abstract Family, twin, and adoption studies show that psychiatric diseases including bipolar disorder (BP) and unipolar disorder (UP) have a substantial genetic component. For these illnesses, both positive and negative associations have been reported for two polymorphisms located in the seroton
Association between the serotonin transporter gene and alcohol consumption in social drinkers
✍ Scribed by Marcus R. Munafò; Anne R. Lingford-Hughes; Elaine C. Johnstone; Robert T. Walton
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 68 KB
- Volume
- 135B
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1552-4841
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