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Variants of the orexin2/hcrt2 receptor gene identified in patients with excessive daytime sleepiness and patients with Tourette's syndrome comorbidity.
American journal of medical genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric genetics : the official publication of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics - 15 Aug 2004
Thompson Miles D, Comings David E, Abu-Ghazalah Rashid, Jereseh Yousef, Lin Leo, Wade Judy, Sakurai Takeshi, Tokita Shigeru, Yoshida Tetsuo, Tanaka Hirokazu, Yanagisawa Masashi, Burnham W McIntyre, Moldofsky Harvey
Abstract excerpt
The orexin-2/hypocretin-2 (OX2R) receptor gene is mutated in canine narcolepsy and disruption of the prepro-orexin/hypocretin ligand gene results in both an animal model of narcolepsy and sporadic cases of the human disease. This evidence suggests that the structure of the OX2R gene, and its homologue, the OX1R gene, both members of the G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) family, and the gene encoding the peptide...
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