Article
Association studies of candidate genes in bipolar disorders.
Neuropsychobiology - 1 Jan 2000
Heiden A, Schüssler P, Itzlinger U, Leisch F, Scharfetter J, Gebhardt C, Fuchs K, Willeit M, Nilsson L, Miller-Reiter E, Stompe T, Meszaros K, Sieghart W, Hornik K, Kasper S, Aschauer H N
Abstract excerpt
The aim of the investigation was to test genes for predisposition to bipolar affective disorder. Therefore, we studied candidate genes in a sample of unrelated patients (n = 102) and healthy controls (n = 79) of Austrian origin, searching for a possible association between polymorphic DNA markers of 5 candidate genes (serotonin transporter, 5-HTT; serotonin 2a receptor, 5-HT2a; dopamine D2 receptor, DRD2;...
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