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Genetic variation of the human mu-opioid receptor and susceptibility to idiopathic absence epilepsy.
Epilepsy research - 1 Mar 2000
Sander T, Berlin W, Gscheidel N, Wendel B, Janz D, Hoehe M R
Abstract excerpt
Pharmacological and autoradiological studies suggest that mu-opioid receptor (OPRM) mediated neurotransmission is involved in the generation of absence seizures. Mutation screening of the human OPRM gene identified a common amino acid substitution polymorphism (Asn40Asp) that differentially modulates the binding affinity of beta-endorphin and signal transduction of the receptor. The present association study...
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