Article
5HT1Dbeta Receptor gene implicated in the pathogenesis of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: further evidence from a family-based association study.
Molecular psychiatry - 1 Jan 2002
Mundo E, Richter M A, Zai G, Sam F, McBride J, Macciardi F, Kennedy J L
Abstract excerpt
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a psychiatric condition with strong evidence for a genetic component and for the involvement of genes of the serotonin system. In a recent family-based association study we reported an association between the G allele of the G861C polymorphism of the 5HT1Dbeta receptor gene and OCD. The aim of the present study was to further investigate for the presence of linkage...
Topics
- Family Health
- Genotype
- Humans
- Linkage Disequilibrium
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
- Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT1D
- Receptors, Serotonin
