title: Antisociality, substance dependence, and the DRD5 gene: a preliminary study.
abstract: A pilot population-based study of a microsatellite polymorphism at the DRD5 locus in adult European-Americans showed its association with childhood symptom counts for oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) in males and females and adult antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) in females. No association with childhood conduct disorder symptom count was observed. ODD mediated the genotype-ASPD relationship in females. Neither ODD nor ASPD significantly mediated the relationship between the genotype and the liability to substance dependence (SD). The data suggest involvement of the DRD5 locus in the variation and sexual dimorphism of SD liability and antisociality and in the developmental continuity of antisociality.
authors.affiliation: Center for Education and Drug Abuse Research (CEDAR), University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, USA. mmv@pitt.edu
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Vanyukov
authors.forename: H B
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Moss
authors.forename: B B
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Kaplan
authors.forename: G P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Kirillova
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Tarter
mesh_terms: D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000235:genetics*; D019958:Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders / Q000235:genetics; D019955:Conduct Disorder / Q000235:genetics; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D018900:Dinucleotide Repeats; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D017447:Receptors, Dopamine D1 / Q000235:genetics*; D050641:Receptors, Dopamine D5; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: C493605:DRD5 protein, human; D017447:Receptors, Dopamine D1; D050641:Receptors, Dopamine D5; D004247:DNA