In an effort to replicate our findings from the DNHS, we tested for association between variants in GRM1, GRM5, HOMER1, HOMER2, EEF2K, MTOR, EIF4E, EEF2, CAMK2A, ARC, GRIA1, GRIA4 and alcohol use behavior (AUDIT) in the GTP. This evidence concerns the gene EEF2K and alcohol dependence.