Dopamine D2 receptor risk_factor_for nicotine
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TTC12-ANKK1-DRD2 and CHRNA5-CHRNA3-CHRNB4 influence different pathways leading to smoking behavior from adolescence to mid-adulthood.
(2011)
PMID:21168125
cited
DRD2 ... has been linked to nicotine ... dependencies
confidence: 0.90
Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor beta2 subunit gene implicated in a systems-based candidate gene study of smoking cessation.
(2008)
PMID:18593715
cited
recent reports of genes (e.g. ... DRD2 ...) within the dopamine system being involved in nicotine dependence
confidence: 0.90