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Prenatal exposure to maternal cigarette smoking interacts with a polymorphism in the α6 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor gene to influence drug use and striatum volume in adolescence

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Lotfipour, S., Leonard, G., Perron, M. et al. Prenatal exposure to maternal cigarette smoking interacts with a polymorphism in the α6 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor gene to influence drug use and striatum volume in adolescence. Mol Psychiatry 15, 6–8 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/mp.2009.63

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