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Dopamine D3 receptor (DRD3) gene polymorphism is associated with the intensity of eye movement disturbances in schizophrenic patients and healthy subjects.
Molecular psychiatry - 1 Nov 2001
Rybakowski J K, Borkowska A, Czerski P M, Hauser J
Abstract excerpt
Altered dopamine neurotransmission and eye movement disturbances have been implicated in the pathogenic process of schizophrenia. So far, molecular genetic studies have shown little association between schizophrenia and polymorphism of any dopamine receptor or transporter genes except for some findings concerning D3 receptor (DRD3) gene. Eye movement disturbances occur in a majority of patients with schizophrenia...
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