Researchers discover gene variant associated with cocaine dependence, cocaine induced paranoia
Monday, March 2, 2009 - 17:50
in Psychology & Sociology
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Yale University School of Medicine and the University of Connecticut School of Medicine, have discovered that variants in the α-endomannosidase (MANEA) gene are associated with cocaine addiction and cocaine-induced paranoia in European American and African American populations. These findings appear in the March issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry.