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Multiple dopamine D4 receptor variants in the human population.
Nature - 9 Jul 1992
Van Tol H H, Wu C M, Guan H C, Ohara K, Bunzow J R, Civelli O, Kennedy J, Seeman P, Niznik H B, Jovanovic V
Abstract excerpt
The dopamine D4 receptor structurally and pharmacologically resembles the dopamine D2 and D3 receptors. Clozapine, an atypical antipsychotic that is relatively free of the adverse effects of drug-induced parkinsonism and tardive dyskinesia, binds to the D4 receptor with an affinity 10 times higher than to the D2 and D3 receptors. This may explain clozapine's atypical properties. Here we report the existence of at...
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