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Function of the C-36 to T polymorphism in the human cholecystokinin gene promoter.
Molecular psychiatry - 1 Jul 2000
Hansen T V, Rehfeld J F, Nielsen F C
Abstract excerpt
Cholecystokinin (CCK) is the most abundant neuropeptide in the mammalian brain, and in man significant quantities are expressed in all regions of the brain.1,2 Therefore, CCK has been implicated in a variety of CNS functions-such as feeding behavior, anxiety, analgesia and memory functions as well as psychiatric disease like panic disorder and schizophrenia (for review, see2,3). Recently, a number of studies have...
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