Monoamine oxidase A variants are associated with heavy betel quid use - Chen, Ping-Ho; Tu, Hung-Pin; Wang, Shu-Jung; Ko, Albert Min-Shan; Lee, Chi-Pin; Chiang, Tai-An; Tsai, Yi-Shan; Lee, Chien-Hung; Shieh, Tien-Yu; Ko, Chih-Hung; Chiang, Shang-Lun; Ko, Ying-Chin (Addiction biology, 2012)
Keywords: Aborigines; Abuse; Addiction; Adult; Aged; Alcohol Drinking - metabolism; alcohols; Amine oxidase (flavin-containing); Animals; Areca; Arecoline; Arecoline - pharmacology; betel quid; Brain; Cell Survival; Cells, Cultured; community-based survey; Cytotoxicity; Enzymatic activity; Female; Genetic Loci - genetics; Genotype; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Monoamine Oxidase - genetics; Monoamine Oxidase - metabolism; monoamine oxidase A; Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors - pharmacology; neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cells; Polymerase chain reaction; Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide - genetics; Rats; Single-nucleotide polymorphism; Smoking; Smoking - metabolism; Statistics; Substance-Related Disorders - genetics; Taiwanese aborigines