Heritability of lifetime ecstasy use
BACKGROUND: Ecstasy is a widely used psychoactive drug that users often take because they experience positive effects such as increased euphoria, sociability, elevated mood, and heightened sensations. Ecstasy use is not harmless and several immediate and long term side effects have been identified. Lifetime ecstasy use is likely to be partly influenced by genetic factors, but no twin study has determined the heritability. Here, we apply a classical twin design to a large sample of twins and siblings to estimate the heritability of lifetime ecstasy use. METHODS: The sample comprised 8500 twins... Mehr ...
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| Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 2017 |
| Reihe/Periodikum: | Verweij , C J H , Treur , J L , Vreeker , A , Brunt , T M , Willemsen , G , Boomsma , D I & Vink , J M 2017 , ' Heritability of lifetime ecstasy use ' , Drug and Alcohol Dependence , vol. 178 , pp. 66-69 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2017.05.007 |
| Schlagwörter: | Journal Article / /dk/atira/pure/keywords/cohort_studies/netherlands_twin_register_ntr_ / name=Netherlands Twin Register (NTR) / /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/good_health_and_well_being / name=SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26845115 |
| Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
| Powered By: | BASE |
| Link(s) : | https://research.vu.nl/en/publications/c80f9dc9-7923-4209-b00f-a1b2d04e48ae |
