Keywords
sociodemographic variables
clinical characteristics
gender
treatment outcomes
Abstract
As a result of new findings on the area of molecular genetics, there is growing interest on the genetic aspects of psychiatric disorders. Genetic aspects of dependence of alcohol, tobacco and other psychoactive substances have recently been studied and important information about the candidate genes is obtained. In this review, dopaminergic system which plays an important role on dependence behavior ; human and animal studies on the genetics of dependence and "reward deficiency syndrome" is mentioned.
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