Article
No evidence for association of serotonin-2A receptor variant (102T/C) with schizophrenia or clozapine response in a Chinese population.
Neuroreport - 18 Jan 1999
Lin C H, Tsai S J, Yu Y W, Song H L, Tu P C, Sim C B, Hsu C P, Yang K H, Hong C J
Abstract excerpt
The serotonin hypothesis in schizophrenia had regained interest with the superior efficacy of clozapine in the refractory schizophrenic patients. Among the serotonin receptors, the serotonin 2A (5HT2A) receptor subtype is the most widely studied. Previous studies on the association between a silent mutation polymorphism of the 5HT2A gene (102T/C) and schizophrenia or clozapine response have yielded conflicting...
Topics
- Adult
- Antipsychotic Agents
- Asian People
- Clozapine
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Mutation
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT2A
- Receptors, Serotonin
- Schizophrenia
- Serotonin Antagonists
- Taiwan
