Article
No association between tryptophan hydroxylase gene polymorphism and Alzheimer's disease.
Neuropsychobiology - 1 Jan 2001
Wang Y C, Tsai S J, Liu T Y, Liu H C, Hong C J
Abstract excerpt
Serotonergic dysfunction is implicated in Alzheimer's disease (AD) on the basis of studies of serotonin and its metabolite in postmortem specimens and CSF. There were also reports on association of a tryptophan hydroxylase (TPH) intron 7 variant and CSF 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid concentrations. These suggested TPH might be a candidate to study for possible involvement in AD. Using a case-control association...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
