User profiles for M. A. Ehringer

Marissa A Ehringer

Professor and Chair of Integrative Physiology, University of Colorado
Verified email at colorado.edu
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Association studies of up to 1.2 million individuals yield new insights into the genetic etiology of tobacco and alcohol use

…, F Cucca, GE Davies, CB Eaton, MA Ehringer… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Tobacco and alcohol use are leading causes of mortality that influence risk for many complex
diseases and disorders 1 . They are heritable 2 , 3 and etiologically related 4 , 5 behaviors …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic diversity fuels gene discovery for tobacco and alcohol use

…, AR Docherty, R Duggirala, CB Eaton, MA Ehringer… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Tobacco and alcohol use are heritable behaviours associated with 15% and 5.3% of worldwide
deaths, respectively, due largely to broad increased risk for disease and injury 1 , 2 , 3 – …

The genetic components of alcohol and nicotine co-addiction: from genes to behavior

…, NR Hoft, MA Ehringer - Current drug abuse …, 2008 - ingentaconnect.com
Co-occurrence of alcohol and nicotine addiction in humans is well documented and there is
good evidence that common genes may contribute to both disorders. Although genetic …

[HTML][HTML] Multiple independent loci at chromosome 15q25. 1 affect smoking quantity: a meta-analysis and comparison with lung cancer and COPD

…, SH Witt, BZ Yang, NE Caporaso, MA Ehringer… - PLoS …, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Recently, genetic association findings for nicotine dependence, smoking behavior, and
smoking-related diseases converged to implicate the chromosome 15q25.1 region, which …

Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors: upregulation, age‐related effects and associations with drug use

…, JA Stitzel, MA Ehringer - Genes, Brain and …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors are ligand‐gated ion channels that exogenously bind
nicotine. Nicotine produces rewarding effects by interacting with these receptors in the brain's …

Structure and etiology of co-occurring internalizing and externalizing disorders in adolescents

…, HL Gelhorn, D Boeldt, RC Corley, MA Ehringer… - Journal of abnormal …, 2011 - Springer
… The present research follows up that of Ehringer et al. (2006), who conducted separate …
, given very similar patterns of results for past year and lifetime data in Ehringer et al. (2006). …

Monoamine oxidase A (MAOA) and antisocial behaviors in the presence of childhood and adolescent maltreatment

…, CJ Hopfer, A Smolen, MA Ehringer… - American Journal of …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
There is a robust relationship between the experience of maltreatment in childhood and later
antisocial behaviors amongst adolescents and adults. Animal and human studies suggest …

No evidence that schizophrenia candidate genes are more associated with schizophrenia than noncandidate genes

…, WE Melroy-Greif, CA de Leeuw, MA Ehringer… - Biological …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background A recent analysis of 25 historical candidate gene polymorphisms for schizophrenia
in the largest genome-wide association study conducted to date suggested that these …

The CHRNA5/A3/B4 gene cluster variability as an important determinant of early alcohol and tobacco initiation in young adults

…, JM Lessem, MB McQueen, SH Rhee, MA Ehringer - Biological …, 2008 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: One potential site of convergence of the nicotine and alcohol actions is the
family of the neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. Our study examines the genetic …

Association of the OPRM1 Variant rs1799971 (A118G) with Non-Specific Liability to Substance Dependence in a Collaborative de novo Meta-Analysis of European …

…, J Chen, PM Cinciripini, HJ Edenberg, MA Ehringer… - Behavior genetics, 2016 - Springer
The mu1 opioid receptor gene, OPRM1, has long been a high-priority candidate for human
genetic studies of addiction. Because of its potential functional significance, the non-…