Association Between Drinking‐Related Antisocial Behavior and a Polymorphism in the Serotonin Transporter Gene in a Japanese Population

Abstract

The present study failed to provide supportive evidence for an association of the S/S genotype with severe alcoholism marked by physical withdrawal symptoms or with antisocial behaviors among the Japanese. Although our data support involvement of the central serotoninergic system in some types of alcoholism, the potential association findings of this study emerged as only exploratory and, therefore, should be understood as tentative until replicated in other studies.