Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 174, Issue 3 , Pages 163-170 , 30 December 2009

Effect of the TaqIA polymorphism on ethanol response in the brain

  • Edythe D. London

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States
    • Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology of the David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States
    • Brain Research Institute, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, David Geffen School of Medicine, 760 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90024-1759, United States. Tel.: +1 310 525 0606; fax: +1 310 825 0812.
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  • Steven M. Berman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States
    • Brain Research Institute, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States
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  • Parvenah Mohammadian

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States
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  • Terrie Ritchie

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States
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  • Mark A. Mandelkern

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physics, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, United States
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  • Mary K.W. Susselman

      Affiliations

    • Ahmanson-Lovelace Brain Mapping Center, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States
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  • Florian Schlagenhauf

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Charité University Medicine Berlin, Campus Charité Mitte, Berlin, Germany
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  • Ernest P. Noble

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States
    • Brain Research Institute, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States

Received 20 March 2009 ,Revised 17 July 2009 ,Accepted 17 July 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2009.07.008

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 174, Issue 3 , Pages 163-170 , 30 December 2009

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