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Polymorphisms in the genes for mGluR types 7 and 8: association studies with schizophrenia.
Schizophrenia research - 15 Jan 2001
Bolonna A A, Kerwin R W, Munro J, Arranz M J, Makoff A J
Abstract excerpt
A dysfunctional glutamatergic system has been implicated in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. The group III metabotropic glutamate receptor (mGluR) types 7 and 8 presynaptically inhibit glutamate release, thereby modulating glutamatergic transmission in the brain. We conducted association studies to investigate the novel Tyr433Phe (mGluR7) variant and the 2846-C/T (mGluR8) polymorphism in schizophrenia. Both...
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