Prenatal exposure to maternal cigarette smoking interacts with a polymorphism in the alpha6 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor gene to influence drug use and striatum volume in adolescence

Mol Psychiatry. 2010 Jan;15(1):6-8. doi: 10.1038/mp.2009.63.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • 3' Untranslated Regions / genetics
  • Adolescent
  • Chi-Square Distribution
  • Corpus Striatum / pathology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pregnancy
  • Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects / genetics*
  • Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects / pathology*
  • Receptors, Nicotinic / genetics*
  • Smoking / adverse effects*

Substances

  • 3' Untranslated Regions
  • Receptors, Nicotinic
  • nicotinic receptor alpha6