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spellingShingle Haughey, H. M., Ray, L. A., Finan, P., Villanueva, R., Niculescu, M., Hutchison, K. E., Genes, Brain and Behavior, Human γ‐aminobutyric acid A receptor α2 gene moderates the acute effects of alcohol and brain mRNA expression, Behavioral Neuroscience, Neurology, Genetics
title Human γ‐aminobutyric acid A receptor α2 gene moderates the acute effects of alcohol and brain mRNA expression
title_full Human γ‐aminobutyric acid A receptor α2 gene moderates the acute effects of alcohol and brain mRNA expression
title_fullStr Human γ‐aminobutyric acid A receptor α2 gene moderates the acute effects of alcohol and brain mRNA expression
title_full_unstemmed Human γ‐aminobutyric acid A receptor α2 gene moderates the acute effects of alcohol and brain mRNA expression
title_short Human γ‐aminobutyric acid A receptor α2 gene moderates the acute effects of alcohol and brain mRNA expression
title_sort human γ‐aminobutyric acid a receptor α2 gene moderates the acute effects of alcohol and brain mrna expression
title_unstemmed Human γ‐aminobutyric acid A receptor α2 gene moderates the acute effects of alcohol and brain mRNA expression
topic Behavioral Neuroscience, Neurology, Genetics
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1601-183x.2007.00369.x