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- Title
Genetic contributions to addiction.
- Authors
Crabbe, John C
- Abstract
Even the most extreme environmentalists along the nature-nurture continuum in psychology now acknowledge that genes often contribute to individual differences in behavior. Behavioral traits are complex, reflecting the aggregate effects of many genes. These genetic effects are interactive, inter se and with the environments in which they are expressed. Human studies of addictive behaviors have clearly implicated both environmental and genetic influences. This review selects drug dependence as a paradigmatic addiction, and further, concentrates on the extensive literature with genetic animal models. Both traditional studies with inbred strains and selected lines and studies exploiting the new molecularly based technologies of the genomics era are discussed. Future directions for further contribution of animal models studies to our understanding of the brain dysregulations characteristic of addictions are identified.
- Publication
Annual review of psychology, 2002, Vol 53, p435
- ISSN
0066-4308
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1146/annurev.psych.53.100901.135142