United States: Linkage Analyses Of Stimulant Dependence, Craving, And Heavy Use In American Indians

United States: Linkage Analyses Of Stimulant Dependence, Craving, And Heavy Use In American Indians Cindy L. Ehlers, Ian R. Gizer, David A. Gilder, and Kirk C. Wilhelmsen, 2011   Amphetamine-type substances are the second most widely used illicit drugs in the United States. There is evidence to suggest that stimulant use (cocaine and methamphetamine) has a heritable component, yet the areas of the genome underlying these use disorders are yet to be identified. This study's aims were to map...

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