SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER PROMOTER POLYMORPHISM AND DIFFERENCES IN ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOUR IN A COLLEGE STUDENT POPULATION
Author(s) -
A. I. Herman,
John W. Philbeck,
Nicholas L. Vasilopoulos,
Paolo B. DePetrillo
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
alcohol and alcoholism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.747
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 1464-3502
pISSN - 0735-0414
DOI - 10.1093/alcalc/agg110
Subject(s) - serotonin transporter , alcohol consumption , binge drinking , alcohol , psychology , polymorphism (computer science) , allele , 5 httlpr , genetics , psychiatry , biology , gene , genotype , biochemistry
In the present study, differences in alcohol consumption behaviour associated with the presence of the short variant (S) of the serotonin transporter promoter polymorphism (5-HTTLPR) was investigated in a Caucasian subset (n = 204) of 268 college students.
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