“…In previous scienti®c communications, seven naturally occurring polymorphisms have been reported within the 5-HT 1B receptor gene, including six singlenucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and one dinucleotide deletion [No Èthen et al, 1994;Lappalainen et al, 1995;Ohara et al, 1996;Huang et al, 1999]. Several genetic studies have examined potential associations between identi®ed SNPs in the human 5-HT 1B receptor gene and speci®c human phenotypes, including alcoholism, antisocial alcoholism, various responses to antimigraine therapy, suicide, depression, panic disorder, and pathological aggression [Ohara et al, 1996;Lappalainen et al, 1998;MaassenVanDenBrink et al, 1998;Huang et al, 1999]. In one of these studies, Finnish antisocial alcoholics were found to have a higher frequency of one speci®c SNP (a G-to-C substitution at nucleotide position 861) than Finnish control subjects [Lappalainen et al, 1998].…”